"Thank you. You saved my life!" William said softly moving closer to the girl.She smiled, not just any normal smile, but a smile that could make a man...'s heart melt. "You're welcome. What are you doing in this side of town anyway? Shouldn't you be at your castle drinking expensive wine or something?"William laughed. "I guess but I'd rather not. I was at a party earlier but I had to get away."The girl stared at him and her eyes danced as she looked at him. "Well you better get back to your party. Julia justshook her head and walked away, wanting to be rid of the unemployeddrunk who was hitting the booze far more than he was hitting thepavement from the looks of things.The nagging thought she couldn't walk away from was the feeling thatEric could be slowly moving in the same direction, looking to drown hisown sorrows. He'd never drunk alcohol when they were dating, not at all,and very rarely through most of their marriage. After an embarrassingnumber of overly-macho, half-drunk, losers. " Too late!" I interrupted, referring to the condition of my erection."... a little gentler and more appropriate to the occasion," Amanda continued, ignoring my attempt at humor."Oh, well, in that case," I said, working at the buttons of her fatigues, "I know just the thing!"Fatigues are not the best choice of clothing if you're planning on having sex, but I managed to get them off of her, exposing her pale, seemingly frail, body to the moonlight."Beautiful!" I couldn't help but whisper as I. The freehold charter clearly stated the pact with the estate lord was taking up arms to defend their land. I am sure some nobles would freely interpret the language more broadly; perhaps that is why there were a large number of levies with the northern lords. I honestly didn't feel responsible for people outside of my homestead or freehold enough to force merchants, craftsman and farmers to fight with me. It wasn't like this was the army of Convey.My explanation of the approaching men from Port.