What a tasty morsel you've prepared for me" Derek said, presumably to Paul, but he wasn't looking at him, he was staring right as me, taking in the si...ght of this 18 year old who was completely naked except for a bright red, satin sash. "Happy birthday!" I said, thinking of nothing more obvious to say given the circumstances. Instead of turning towards the stairs (it had been at least 15 seconds now, not 2!) I approached Derek and, putting my arms around his neck, I kissed him on his cheek. "Is. So I stepped though the kitchen door into the pub with the shotgun up and ready for anything. Yes, I would be ready for trouble, but I would look foolish, if Jeremy and The Brit were having a surprise birthday party for me. Which of course they were."Jeremy you are a dead man," I whispered as I put down the shotgun after unloading it. I also removed the lightweight Kevlar feeling like a complete fool. I was greeted by cops and killers from all over the state."Go easy on Jeremy, you only turn. It’s mechanical. He fucks me, I get up and dress and go home, brain dead. I don’t even know why I go. He’s barely able to get it up anyway, he’s still all bruised and in pain. I think it’s about getting even now, in his mind.”There was even more silence at this revelation, each of the women dealing with the shock and trying to work out how to respond.It was Mae who got herself together first. Smoothly, she said, “Well, then child. I have to ask, do you want to be doing this? Going to him?”There. "Lastly, Sir, tell me how a boy of almost twelve summers is able to do all this and much more by himself? Only the gods can have chosen him for this task. What he is to do I have no idea but my master says it is not to destroy Rome but to abolish slavery and keep us from going to war to gain more land that we cannot hold."Horatius just stared at me and so did the officers. I stood like a boy that had little idea of what was before him. I was also going over Iulius' words but there was no.