Sometimes this backwoods farm girl losesfocus," I said lowering my gaze to the deck."Alexandra, you are about to develop another portion of your ident...ity-who you are- or will become. Future memories can only provide so muchsatisfaction," Mina tutored."So in order to fully understand, I actually have to experience thememory- first hand, I mean?" I asked hoping I was getting the rightmeaning."Just as the rest of us, Empress, but thanks to your arrival that isn'talways the case now."For some. Not when he was so close to an Amber. Not the right Amber, true, but ... close.He wanted her. Every man in this room wanted her.And he was close enough to have her.Markus spent a few stupid seconds trying to think of a clever line, before realizing that he didn’t need one. He’d seen how it worked - Amber was easy. Amber was a slut. Amber was keen to serve.Without a word, Markus leaned forward and - for the first time since high school - kissed a woman. He hated the feeling of pleasure that. I hadn't even heard Janice had married until I began dating Roxie.We got to Janice's house and I found out she had married Eddie. He had always been a smart mouth but wasn't totally obnoxious. He was a little sleazy and reminded me of a TV actor called Eddie Haskell on an old show "Leave it to Beaver. Eddie and I got along ok and we all had fun together during that visit. After a couple of drinks he and I got along really well. We bonded. I would say we became friends. Roxie and I became pretty. He linked his arm with her, separating her from the Earl Pendleton, and started to show her around. As the King walked away he looked back again at Ariel again.The Earl, still a winner no matter who the King picked, took that opportunity to show Ariel around the room. The only thing he knew for sure was that the king was going to sample them both before he let anyone else have a turn.It would be a week until the next party so the Earl was sure that the king would keep the women for his own.