It turned out that Marla was not as strong her friends and relations thought she was, and under the stress, she broke. She didn't quite shatter comple...tely, but she is broken.She sees herself as property. She belongs to Eckert and she likes it that way. She doesn't have to make the big decisions she's scared of, or worry about tomorrow. Instead she can just deal with everything as it comes, enjoying every minute of life. She acts independently to help others because her owner wants her to.In the. He declared the forming of the Vampiric Empire, independent of the Alliance or anyone else.This decision was met with a wave of disapproval in the Alliance. Many Alliance politicians said that now that they can't control the vampires, they could produce fleets of ships made of unknown alloys, and armed with "Decimator" cannons and singularity torpedoes they could crush any opposition.Similar thoughts had the other forces as well, but their leaders said that until the vampires don't show any. A little cardboard envelope with the word "Durex" printed on it. Oh, for you folks down in the Antipodes, I'm told Durex is or was the name of the biggest selling brand of sticky tape down there. Whether that's true or not, unfortunately Durex is the name of one of the leading, or most famous, brands of contraceptives in the UK.Now as I'd had a vasectomy after our youngest was born seventeen years before, I couldn't see that Carol had any reason to have Durex in the house. Strangely you might. I picked them up and sure enough they were wet with even some dried cum on them. I also knew that I had made the bed before I left for the day as well. I grabbed a soda and walked out by the stream and sat down on the rock trying to clear my head.I guess I gave her the go ahead to have sex with Ken and I did have sex with out her knowing too. Well I just have to expect that she had fun last night as I did myself. When Debra came out she had taken a shower then gave me a kiss before.