Billingsly promised the serfs that there would be no tax on their grains this summer if they dug the trenches. Mark came up with the idea of putting s...harp pointed pikes just below the surface of the water in all three. By the first of April everything was completed to his satisfaction. Alexis and Thomas put up ambush areas from both sides of the lush woodlands. Now all they had to do is to lure Offa onto this field for the battle. Offa had sent a courier to the castle giving them the chance to. I ran off quickly, the buzz from her touch lifting my heart but the darkcloud suggested by her words still clung on in my inner thoughts.The rest of that day and that evening I wondered and wondered, I shouldhave been deliriously happy at Hazel's show of love for me, yet therewere those touches, those suggestions from the information that Donna hadgiven her which worried me intensely.By half past eight the weakness had caught up with me, I felt so tired, Ihad not eaten much for dinner, just. “Oh dad, that was wonderful, you made me cum so hard I can’t remember the last time I did that, but I’m so thirsty, you couldn’t get me a drink could you?”“Sure darling, I’ll only be a minute, you sure you’re going to be ok?”“Yeh, I’m sure dad, I’m sure.” I whispered.He came back from the bathroom with a tumbler of lovely cold water, handed it to me, held on to it because of the state I was in and I downed half of it. I slumped back down on the bed still gasping for air.I swiped the hair out. Nana told him that he wouldn't be seeing the children, as they were never up before nine. Tom was stunned at the news but decided that it wasn't his problem.Some of the house slaves were shocked at the women sitting and cuddling with the men at the table, but only whispered between themselves. Tom and the warriors discussed what they wanted to get done that day and Nana intruded into their conversation, "Master Tom, before you can go telling the slaves what to do, you need to talk to Mr..