But what I didn't know then -- was that he'd let slip what we'd done and the other guys -- who were all looking at me, wondering what I was thinking, ...wondering if they had a chance with me. I was clueless when I invited Billy back to my tent from the mess hall. It was like an exact repeat of our last time, only this time the whole squad was there in the mess hall. As I said, I hadn't any idea that Billy and let slip what had happened between us when I suggested that we take a walk. The first. T'is I,Donielle, the transwoman formarly known as Donnie. Who hast lived forover fifty years as the woman you as of now behold, and the Gift ofWomanhood has been as wonderful as we had ever imagined in our YoungDreams!" What?!" ejaculated King Lonnie forcefully, "You mean to say the treegranted your wish, thou rakish gadabout of a wastrel, whilst I who tookcare of Grandpa when he was old and enfeebled and beshitting his verynightdress, and who have attended stayed to all duties and tediums. . we’re rapidly taking over Oregon, my friends,” I noted the swift pace of annexation over the past year.The Commonwealth of Haven now controlled all of western and much of central Oregon, most of Washington State along the Pacific Coast, and even a toehold in British Columbia. Haven remained the capital, the seat of government, of course. Roughly five to seven million people now lived under my rule. We were definitely a nation and one of the larger successor states of the former USA. Our. “She’s gonna come unglued.”“Doesn’t matter, Bill. I absolutely MUST marry you.”“I choose you, darlin’. I have faith that if Deena doesn’t buy into it right off, she’ll come around to see it as a good thing...”Haley sighed. “Let’s do it. You want me to go home while you...”“Better or worse, punkin. I don’t keep secrets from you. Never have.”She looked at me, smiling. She knows. “Call ‘er. Put ‘er on speaker.”“Okay,” I said, punching the phone number up, mentally thinking that if this was a.