She grabbed both of my shoulders, and looked very serious."Where is the real Keita?" she said, shaking me wildly. "I know you'rein there. You can come... out now. I won't stand for this impostor anylonger." It's me," I said. "I swear." Keita, when did you get so brave? What happened?" said Minami."What, am I not capable of the occasional bout of stupidity?" I said."No. You are a very level-headed person, Keita. You would never dosomething like that," said Minami."I can be brave!" I said,. . I found a note on the kitchen table, under the salt & pepper shakers. It was merely a list of foods for me to pick up ... with no further instructions. The car was gone, so I stretched and prepped a glass of milk and some cereal for myself. The phone rang out in the room ... it was none other than the sweetheart Carly, wishing me a happy Saturday. I seized the moment to ask her to spend some time with me ... and got an enthusiastic YES. Knowing she now had some new freedom (her Bike!), I. So how does it feel to be married, and a Countess toboot?" It hasn't sunk in yet, so it doesn't seem quite real." Well you'd better get used to it, Countess, because it is real. Inpractical terms you're now no longer Helmut's 'kept woman' but the ladyof the manor, and that position is going to bring certainresponsibilities with it. I have to say I envy you, though. Not only didyou get to walk down the aisle in the big, white dress but your husbandis rich and handsome, too. And anyone with eyes. Bee took a deep breath she had lasted far longer than the others had. She just hoped that when her Lord Sir found out he wouldn’t punish her too severely.There was a lot that no other race knew about her people. The fact that the females were addicted to a male that they imprinted on, was a very well-guarded secret.The fact that so many males had been destroyed in the battle with the beast emperor’s people might ease things a lot at home. A great many of the truly evil males had been destroyed,.