I don't know what you mean mistress." Your mother, Shasta. You don't know what happened to her, do you?" How did you know I... ?" Shasta stopped. It w...as said by some of the staff in very reverent tones that their mistress could see into their souls; at times like this it was easy to understand that belief."No, mistress," Shasta said, her shoulders slumping. "I never saw or heard of her after the slave pens in Harv'el." She was silent for a moment and then continued. "I was remembering what it. You've dropped out of college, your close friends have moved away, and if all that weren't shitty enough your bitch of a girlfriend thought she could lead you on. Well, ex-girlfriend now. Dating for eight months and not a single night inside her? Just because it was "too weird" for her? Fuck that. So WHAT if your tastes are a little unusual? Your disapproving Mom and Dad wanted to ask about it, but the last thing you need is another "when I was your age" lecture.You've just woken up after a. ''Look Tara... ''I know what you are going to say and don't', she replied icily.'You don't', I told her, offended.'I do. And I do understand. And it wasn't a proposition by the way. The Captain would not let you on the ship if you were going out with me''She wouldn't? Why not?'The door to the Navigation Room was flung open and the Captain stood there. She addressed Tara. 'Bearing 300 degrees for two hours.'The Captain was a little rushed in the morning and I was sent on a number of errands. Sophie, Susan and Elizabeth carried her to a bedroom and undressed her while Joan went to another room to prepare herself for her first time as Priestess.It didn't take very long to complete all the preparations because the Altar Room had been set up in advance. It was a medium-sized room behind a secret, sliding panel off the bedroom where Julie had been undressed. The naked woman had been carried into the Altar Room where the Sacrificial Altar was the centerpiece.The Altar was a narrow,.