Just as I was setting of a voice called to me Excuse me could you help I think I have lost my car keys. Well I suppose one good deed a day shouldn't h...urt so I walked across to him,Oh thanks he said my phone rang and as I pulled it out of my pocket my keys must of fallen out also and I think they must of fallen down that hole but my hands are too big to reach down it,please would you try. Bright blue eyes I thought to myself and that fragrance how unusual not feminine but close,why did I notice. For two summers, you worked your elderly neighbor's fields just to learn sword combat from a retired soldier. You spent the autumn with the best hunters in the village learning advanced techniques to aid you against any beast you may encounter. You sold the rabbits and boars you brought back to purchase a cheap set of leather armor. Finally just a fortnight ago you sold the small parcel of land your great-uncle had left you to purchase a fine iron sword from a traveling vendor. All the. "None of the girls here are allowed to join the Pregnancy Program until they are at least sixteen, and most don't get pregnant until they are nearing seventeen." Really!?" Shannon asked in surprise."Yes. It is explained to all of us when we arrive here. They explain about our bodies needing to develop sufficiently before we have a child. It's for both our protection and the child's," she told them."Girls in our village often got pregnant before they were sixteen," Clare told her with a. She felt like she was gulping airthrough a constricted straw. Suddenly, she didn't care if Claire feltoutgunned, didn't care if she thought Marcia needed a bodyguard becauseshe was too scared to face her alone; what difference did it make? Whylie? Sue me! It's all true!Marcia wanted to run away; she was seriously considering it, might evenhave turned to do so, if she wasn't too paralyzed by fear to move at all.And then it was too late to even run away. A plump middle-aged woman.