” Stacey could see that Becky was still jealous, but kept going anyway. “It was the most incredible feeling, lying underneath him, feeling his wei...ght on me… I was his, totally.”“Yeah…” Laurie mused aloud. The way she said that, it was obvious to the rest of them that she had experienced the same thing with her father. “My legs were wrapped around his back, nice and high, and he got in really deep that way. He didn’t move fast; at first, anyway. He pumped into me nice and hard, though, resting. “Get out of the pool, strip naked, and line up before me. Now! Move it!”My toes flexed in my shoes. I drew in deep breaths, almost choking on the scent of chlorine filling the room. The girls were moving, splashing as they climbed out of the pool while my mind recovered from rewiring their brains. Water dripped off their bodies, their hair trapped beneath rubber caps. Those came off first, the girls interpreting my commands in a way that put off stripping naked for as long as they could. They. Because I was so lost in thought, my words got kind of jumbled."What do you mean?" Well, when you're teaching or at our hangout..." Sanctum," he quickly interrupted."Our 'sanctum,'" I said, pausing as if to taste the word. "you talk formal, official, like a leader, right? But when you came in, you were all buddy-buddy with me." Heh" he said. "Yeah, I suppose. Always trained to present a strong front. To be calm and collected. To train you up in the Arcanan way. But, let's face it, we all got to. However, I knew I must. It would never do for me to arrive in Emertland with a newborn and you having no idea where it came from." I know where they come from," Jorgarn said, peeved at the possibility that Leyota considered not telling him and worried about leaving her behind."Yes, I know," Leyota said soothingly. "Chicote will look out for me – as will the others, I'm certain. You need not worry because you will have a dozen people up here worrying for you." And that is supposed to stop me?".