As the soldiers escorted the lone and terrified girl to the temple, the din of crowd noise was hushed by the sudden beat of ceremonial drums announcin...g the coming sacrifice. The entire city paused for a moment, listening intently. Then, in unison, the crowd began to make its’ way to the temple, and the buzz of excited conversation grew louder than ever.The temple consisted of an altar at the top of a forty-foot staired pyramid. Around the altar, the three High Priests waited, imposing figures. She nodded. “Yes, but she’s not coming out just yet. So, do you love her?”The question was arresting. I’d not allowed the ‘L’ word into my deliberations.“Don’t know,” I said, “I am very attracted to her as a woman, she’s very good looking–”“You can say that again!” exclaimed Colette.“I’m very attracted to her as a woman, she’s very good looking,” I repeated doggedly, and got a half-smile for it. “She’s also thoughtful, she looks after me, she enjoys what I enjoy–”“So you have had sex then!” she. He will be out in a moment. Martial son, come down”.“Master-” Before Zax could finish call him, a blue haired woman in blue feathery tunic pounced at him with a hug. “Big sister Shulip...” Other than that Zax did not know what more he can say. He returned to hug and waited for her to relax and let go.“You made us worry”. A familiar voice and a fiery crimson scaly hand grabbed his shoulder from behind. Rarahel who chose to stay in her humanoid form spoke in an accusatory, mildly hurt voice.The. Before the last two months she had hardly gotten any real education. Sometimes her behavior was the one of teenage girl, and sometimes I could only admire her maturity.The report she gave me was of first class. She had identified the main aggressor as Rodrigo's nephew. He had come with one of his men, and requested money in return for protection. That had not been enough and as he had found Alexa and her mother he had raped both of them while his bodyguard had also raped her mother and some.