We have twenty-three down. All eight ships have downed at least one Sir.”Gary looked to his wife to see her breathing hard, “You okay?”“Battle...-tested Sir!” Noel wiped her forehead but smiled.“Hello Fleet, let’s move out. All ships go to Cloak and make sure your scanner settings are at one or zero. General Franks out.”General Franks, this is Lieutenant Tillerson from Portland, Salem, and Spokane with twenty-seven ships Sir. Where do you want us?”“Lieutenant Tillerson, you will join Group Five. By comparison, I was satisfied to pace myself a bit.The Korean War broke out the following year, and I was on the battleship Wisconsin when she bombarded the coastline. We had great air cover, of course, supplied by the carriers in our fleet. I actually felt sorry about dropping sixteen-inch shells on an unseen enemy, while those poor bastards in turn couldn’t touch us. That, however, was one of the fortunes of war.When I was discharged I met and married Vicky, a really nice girl – that’s your. You cannot forget that this is a civil war and Denae is at the heart of it. If the conspirators learn of her whereabouts, they may change their attack and focus on regaining her first. This was not a decision that one person should have made alone and you certainly should not have made it without a discussion with the people whose job it is to decide such things. Arbitrary decisions and people overstepping their boundaries are part of what has led us to this brink. I hope that you, too, will. The pace was slow initially but painful just the same.The first six strokes were administered by one of the waiters whilst the other stood by the side to wait his turn. Each impact of the paddle pulled a muffled cry of agony from the bound slave. Her hips were knocked against the wall with every blow and her humiliation grew, as she knew it looked as if she were humping the wall.James watched as the hard leather surface of the paddle smashed into the soft yielding cheeks of Becca's bottom,.