Nick had fallen for it, hook, line and sinker. They’d been married less than a week before Paris the Second showed her true nature: stupid, shallow,... spoiled, and like the village bicycle, everyone, male and female, had a ride. It took just over a year for Nick to muster the courage to leave her. The Waldorf matriarch was outraged and her army of lawyers was preparing for war. The attorneys, Darcy knew, weren’t being paid for their labors. They’d been promised the spoils from Nick’s company.. “Of course, I completely understand! It’s an honor just to be humped by you, let alone have a Covenant with you, sire. A Magistrate of the Commonwealth, no less! Subject only to Leviathan, the Archons, the Commissars, and the Tribunals. Without you fellows, this land would be like my native country, enduring the worst of the Mayhem, lost in chaos and anarchy, full of torture, slaughter, rape, and plunder, dominated by warlords, factions, and worse. You’re the ones who brought law and order to. On theeve of the summer solstice in 1747 the castle fell to an overwhelming Englishforce. There were 63 men defending the castle but none survived its capture. Bloody King George ordered the castle torn down stone by stone and the rocksscattered about and buried in the glen. It took an entire company of RoyalEngineers over three months to accomplish that task but through it all nota one of that lot dared to touch the mound. The defenders were buried togetherin an unmarked grave but ten years. She also welcomed him as a future faculty member. Frank said, ‘Excuse me?’ The bursar laughed and said, ‘I told you to read and sign the paperwork. It clearly states on the top of each page what you are signing. On one page it says that in return for the full scholarship, you guarantee this University two years of teaching after you receive your Doctorate.’ ‘Doctorate, who said I was going for doctorate?’ Antonia was laughing uncontrollably. Frank turned and said, ‘Put a sock in it or I will.’.