of her. The golden ring of her slave collar snug about her lovely throat. Jon having for several years
found himself often "separated" from me as we each carried out our duties towards Imperial California,
Yvette having often been his "companion" during those times. "No longer do our `lords and ladies' need
to fear a `Dulie'," he ad- ded, Maris Marn and her lithe "North Star" having taught us all a good lesson in
the past about the capabilities of such vessels. The Mexicans were still capable of making "trouble", but
as Tara had apparently "retired", I doubted that they would any more now. The Princess having
apparently now learned the error of her ways. The Nevadas had gotten into a "clash" with the
Wyomings, but the likelihoods of this escalating into anything serious were remote. Neither the
Dularnian Federation or the Empire of California now wishing to allow such a conflict to escalate into
anything major. And piracy was now under control with Queen Freydis' people being a part of the
Dularnian Federation, enjoying the economic advan- tages of free trade both now with Dularn and
Imperial California.
"And our Queen can now relax with her own family," my Royal Scribe, Keri Grayson added, the tall
beautiful slender brunette's dark eyes meeting mine as I "nodded" back. Little Eric, eleven months old,
now pulling at his nanny's rich brown hair as she quietly cradled him to herself there to one side of the
tasteful- ly decorated suite and gave him the bottle. Sue Cross being an attractive and rather full busted
wide hipped wench of the Peas- ants whom I'd purchased eight months before as being of the right "sort"
to make a good "nanny" for a Prince of Trelandar. A free woman once again, Sue carried in her womb
the developing fetus of the baby girl that would "complete" this Queen's family. My previous pregnancy
having taught me that I wasn't the sort of a woman to bear children, while a good healthy young woman
like Sue here could have given birth to half a dozen and never noticed it!
I am tall, five foot nine, and rather "mannish" in my build, with coal black hair and deep dark brown
eyes set in a rather "plain" face. Not the sort of a woman you'd ever look at twice here. I mention this so
you will understand better why I some- times act the way that I do. That I sometimes doubt any man can
love me for myself, not for what I am as the Queen of Trelandar. Why I am so "distrustful" of any
woman more attractive than I am.
"And pass one's genes down to future generations," I spoke, well AWARE of WHAT the Royal
Physician had TOLD me just today! I had been puzzled by the first signs of menopause, which shouldn't
have been occurring, not with the anti-aging serums we used now! The blood tests however had
confirmed my worst fears, it appear- ing here now that I'd neglected to receive the "secondary" serum
when I arrived in this era five years ago, and due to my age, the "primary" serum had never taken
"effect" upon me as I'd thought! Now it was too late, my age such that the serums no longer would be of
any value, which meant that I would live out a normal life span for a woman of the 20th Century,
somewhere between seventy five and eighty years most likely, and then die of old age here!* * The
reader may question here the truth of this considering that in Queen Maris' book it appears as if the
serums were "effective" in such a case as this. However, it is likely that Queen Maris, not being a
Physician, would not have known that the serums were of no value in extending the life of the old slave
girl. (J.B.B.)
"When are you going to get married, Keri?" my husband asked. Keri had a number of handsome
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