We wanted someone who had a good head on their shoulders more than just nice shoulders. The fact he was older was actually in his favor because we wer...en’t looking to have a permanent guy in our lives. We hadn’t made a firm decision, but decided to bring it up to him.”Shelly shook her head, “I know some guys might have jumped at the chance because Mar mentioned it as she did the clerking thing and was wrapping up his purchases. She also mentioned that we were talking about old-fashioned sex, no. The only thing that bothered me about the approach of the Knights Templar was that they were bringing mostly infantry and artillery with them. There was a token detachment of cavalry, but that was only 20 men. I wasn’t sure what they had in mind for those people to do. Maybe they were to be messengers to and from Rome.Okay, now that artillery was coming into play, this whole thing was getting very serious from our point of view. I had appointed Lt. Jamin as my replacement within Fort Mentor. She walked out of the bathroom and I heard her heels as she came back in. The next second I heard a whack and my ass was suddenly on fire! She had a big round paddle made of leather and proceeded to give me the hiding of my life! There was no warning, just hard swats about one a second and I stopped counting at twenty. After what seemed a lifetime, the swats stopped and the tears were streaming. She faked gently whether I would drop clothes in her place again and I was choking and sobbing so. Oh Christ! I need some more codeine Dai" she interrupted. "You shouldn't mix codeine with alcohol" Dai warned her. "What the fuck does it matter now!" Elizabeth snarled as she grabbed the packet from him, took out four of the tiny white tablets and washed them down with more wine before handing the bottle back to him "Have a drink, you need one too."She continued "I took off my t-shirt and trainers and entered the water stark naked, I shrieked at the cold but Huw just handed me the bottle for.