There is always room for improvement.“I lost count. I started to climax again every time I came. I got to the mountaintop and kept on climbing.” A...lice brushed the sweat from her eyebrows.We were as drenched in perspiration as two marathon runners crossing the finish line. I lay down next to Alice, cuddled her close to my body, and caressed her face with my hand while my other hand cupped her breast and held her tight to me. Her words of satisfaction gave me a thrill. Egos love to be. Mike didn’t have a scratch on him. He realized what Mike had meant about dealing with bad guys on his terms.Looking over at John, Mike said, “It’s been a pleasure knowing you.”“Same here. Come back any time,” John said.Mike went over to the general store and traded one of the knives he had taken from his attackers for a backpack, cooking gear, a fire kit, blanket, a large piece of leather, and three boxes of candles. He didn’t really need the candles, but had included them in the trade for use. It looked like there had been signs of horror inside, as well as the mangled remains of multiple people. There were claw marks on the door, as well as the walls and the remains had large bites taken out of them. It looked like Brenson had locked himself in and fed on people. As for the two on the bed, it looked like he had tried to make more of himself – to duplicate himself - and failed.As I made my way out of the room, Lillian entered with the Patron and Agetha followed not that long after.. They ate some of the food that had been packed by Martha and Mary and drank water along with it. Of course, the food would have tasted better if it had been warm, but Joe was concerned about attracting attention from Indians if they had a fire.Joe started Ed out with some simple exercises to let him understand which muscles were going to be involved most significantly when fighting started. Ed needed to do some exercises to build up his strength in those muscles because his smaller stature.