Only one exists for every 10,000 Derenese citizens. Trained from early childhood, less than 5% make it through to take their oath. Although many Vixen... stay in the empire's capital city and around the Emperor himself, they play an instrumental role on the fringes of the territory.Terra was one such Vixen. Too unpredictable for a spotlight in the capital, she has been sent away to the eastern border of the Empire in order to secure it. She stands in the last major stronghold. She stood deathly. Please bring your daughter too, since I’m sure that she’ll need to be fed before the evening is over.”I started work the next day, which was a Thursday, and Buck took me out to the job site and introduced me to Harley, the superintendent. He's another redneck, probably in his early-fifties, and he helped me to get settled in the site trailer, with an office next to his. The next two days were a blur, as I learned my new duties and got acclimated to life in the field.Denny, the baby, and I. ” And she left me alone with Lyn.“So, Lyn, are you a fellow student with Helen?”“I'm still an undergrad. Helen takes one of my tutorials. Somehow we got talking about sex and ...”“That sounds like Helen's favourite topic of conversation these days.”“What do you mean, my favourite topic? It's my only topic since I met you and Irmeli.”We opened our beers and took our first mouthfuls.“Ah!” “Great!” “I needed that!”“So Fred, I brought Lyn home to meet you and Irmeli because she has a sex problem. Kegan looked at me and smiled. I nodded in assent. Dane was our boy. Kegan took Dane’s hand and had him sit with the other couple.“Well, that’s four, I just need two more. Please go home. Olive, the cities new Controller, is working and you can access her information portals. I suggest you all read the City’s Charter. We will have a meeting in a week. You are dismissed.”The two delegations left. No more turned up in the next hour as it was getting late. I had my consorts get some food, and I.