" If they will allow it. They are worse than Overlords when it comes to political minutiae." It is of no concern. Lord Uras informs me it will take at... least half a moon to bring together all the Lords, another quarter moon to get them here. The Imperial Army will be ready to march in one moon."Q'yros gave the Emperor a shocked look. "What? One moon?? How can you possibly train and equip..." I have arranged for some assistance. As per treaty." Treaty? What treaty?" A treaty I have recently. It could be disastrous to her mental health.When everything looked like he was up against a brick wall he got a call from a friend of his at the hospital. It turned out that a fourteen-year-old girl had been brought in with appendicitis. While they were prepping her for surgery, one of the nurses noticed that the patient showed signs of sexual assault. She had bruising and scars showing that she had been abused over time.The doctor in attendance said that she would need immediate surgery to. “See?!? You’re funny. Smart funny.”“So...”“So you’re damned sure pleasant to look upon. That opinion has been relayed to me by the construction bunch.”“You’re not bad yourself, Carl.” I stood up.“So what’s all this data say to us?”“You ‘n’ me.”“Scared of that, Sunny. You’re a good friend and a superlative co-worker. That’s worth a...”He didn’t get to finish. I kissed him.Scared. He could’ve pulled away. Refused.Didn’t. Melted right into me... I melted back.I sighed.He said “Damn. Damn damn damn. As we drove Shane spoke up and said I really have to say sorry for last night I said to him please don't worry I was as guilty as him in the whole affair. We got into work, not much was said during the entire morning and come lunch time I went to Shane and asked him if we could go somewhere to talk. We got into my minivan and went to a mall parking lot where we talked together I told Shane about the guilt I was feeling that I had never cheated on my husband before but at the same time never had.