"Why was I not told about these children? Did you think to hide them for ever?" he yelled and the two old men visibly quaked with fear, "What other se...crets are you hiding?"Receiving no reply from the prostrate pair, he said, "Speak up now, or go away."Fear of losing their jobs, and quite possibly their lives, impelled Kamal Qumsiyeh to reply, "No other secrets, Master." Now these children?" asked the Emir, whereupon the Chief Eunuch and Kamal Qumsiyeh cowered again."Master, it was the wish of. “But as she performed the spell, two things went horribly wrong. First, Igraine was not focused solely on the person she was to merge with. Even as she loved Morgan for this act of kindness, her thoughts still drifted to Uther Pendragon.”“The man who killed Igraine’s husband and took her as his wife, resulting in Arthur being born,” Dave realized.“Precisely. The second thing that went wrong was that Igraine passed away before the spell could be completed. As there is no record of this. Wheredid you ever get such a crazy idea, anyway?" She barked orders like a drillsergeant. I was about to enter basic training."Oh, I once read a story about a reporter who lived as a woman for a whileand wrote a book on his experiences. Seemed like an interesting and far outidea at the time...besides, I was sure you'd think it was nuts and it wouldbe my perfect out. I never thought you'd cave in...you must want that cruisepretty bad." I was not about to reveal to her that I've admired. We were facing the two main tables, all the seats werefilled, each sister wore a black and gold crown, they each wore ablack stall over their shoulders. In their hands were the traditionalpaddles surely to be used on us and what looked like small whips abouta foot long. In the center sat Louise, the head sister she had thebiggest crown, a complete black and gold gown reaching to her toes andtouching a lovely pair of black spiked shoes. She had a special paddlewith all our names written on.