Mike was more traditional where the women needed to be home, barefoot and pregnant. Lisa’s friend was much more independent and, at age twenty-eigh...t and a fiery redhead with matching personality, she was much more mature than Mike. It was funny watching the two battle back and forth.Lisa provided some cutting play-by-play comments and showed me some of her wicked sense of humor. We lost interest in the battle going on and started talking to each other and soon we were hitting it off pretty. "Yes, Yes! I have an elasticated suit at home which will fit you nicely!" Gordon could only guess at what she meant, but feared the worst as he noted the dog-masked cur with head held low.Maria wasted no further time, she grinned with pleasure as she brought the wicked rattan down without mercy, Gordon howled with pain as a vicious red wheal blossomed across his ass as though someone had drawn a line there with a scarlet permanent marker; the women grinned with satisfaction as he whinged and. It went with us when we moved on the next spring, even though we had no idea when or where we would ever use it.We left Greenvile with a lot of pregnant women. Hopefully, we could pick up some more fighters soon. These women would not be effective infantrymen for much longer until after the babies were delivered. At least, they could drive the wagons and could use the hand crossbow for when they needed to defend themselves.We had reached the point that we were actively seeking out sacrifice. Soon though the fatigue overtook her and she ended up settling her head onto Khadeem’s shoulder as she fell asleep. **** Khadeem watched amusedly as Leanna fought her tendency to lean on him when she dozed off. Soon though he saw her lose the fight as exhaustion won and she settled onto his shoulder. He put an arm around her and settled her head more comfortably on his lap. He bit back a curse as she murmured and shifted her head causing a part of him to wake up. After awhile he was able to.