The Tsar of All the Russians was accompanied by two hundred Imperial Guardsmen, housed in a tented camp in the extensive gardens surrounding the palac...e, and the men of the Preobrazhensky Regiment were a magnificent sight to behold when mounting guard each morning.Judging by the numbers of adoring young females goggling at them through the railings surrounding the palazzo I would assume the guardsmen also did a great deal of mounting at night.I reported to the Carli Palace as instructed, and was. You realize, of course that your mother has no idea why you are making such a fuss."She looked at her mother and gasped. "Kaiba? KaibaCorp? All those video games Ry plays?" Oh." Their mother looked at me. "Are you related to that family?"I smiled. "I am, yes." Forgive me. I'm afraid I don't keep up with the latest –" she was cut off by Kajiki's father shouting for him."Crap. We've got a Play station in the living room if you want to hang out for a while. I'll try to hurry up." He rushed. Then disaster had struck.The car crash, in which he had passed away, left Kathy and me penniless with the exception of the house. Kathy had to find a job to support herself, and me, through the last months of my high school education. She never uttered a word of complaint and was the epitome of kindness towards me. Kathy worked tirelessly to make ends meet, and I did not want to impose any further hardship on her. After showering, shaving and making myself presentable for job interviews I hit. From inside I heard a gorgeous voice call, “In a minute.” Dear God, my pulse was racing. While I stood at the door I tried to calm myself, taking deep breathes. It didn’t help when that door opened. Standing before me, framed by a wall of light, was an angel. Her pictures on the site showed a tanned woman with shoulder length brown hair, and hazel eyes a man could get lost in. The person before me needed a new camera. Her skin looked absolutely delicious; I simply wanted to taste her right.