UCT Ch 38

The man woke up drenched in sweat. The ceiling he stared at was the same as yesterday. The only evidence of last night’s dream was his insistent erection.f4a77fec411485f2

A sense of shame, ba15212d19 absent in the dream, f849fe0a3a now settled heavily upon a0a0724cef him.80543414c737398d

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He didn’t care about having a lewd dream about a fellow squadron member. It wasn’t something he could control.c241af4d2cf4987c

The problem was the 4a7402ffe6 desire he felt in f82e3c0c5d that dream, lingering even 4508ed06f3 after waking. The dream 120fa34ff7 had acted 41f19e36f1 as a df6ee2512c trigger.17f644c3da90fe35

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Like lighting f6a906bb9a a match 5290edbbde in a 2817244f6d fuel-filled warehouse, 0f19153edc it had cb31c63431 ignited his b3b239b7fb desire. An unfamiliar feeling gnawed 44e4bfa5ea at his nerves. He wanted 2b4dbe4103 to possess 0deb58ef45 her, to 735eddb30d touch her, now.456a295fed6f7be1

He slowly opened and f8cc0d044a closed his palm. He could still feel 039d0146f1 Diana’s touch lingering there. It was a ridiculous 3b9da13208 notion. She was eb85735b96 probably asleep 9a581aa759 in a 28ae292d33 nearby barrack.9c776937b958081e

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She wouldn’t look at him with such desire-filled eyes, nor would she undress before him. It was all a figment of his imagination.ec2defe82205cfc4

‘…I guess c004ebf425 it’s been 817477b220 building up.’989d025ce9065c0a

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That was the most reasonable explanation. He hadn’t been promiscuous, but he hadn’t lived a life of celibacy either. Perhaps the war and the constant state of emergency had pushed his libido to its limit.be0a69477b2cfecf

And then, last night, ba87ff27b0 he’d seen that.07493d1d3cd80c48

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His barely 069df7c224 calmed mind 0ecc57f736 re-ignited, filled ce38cf8d7e with the 7e759a51f8 image of ecbfec03a3 Diana from fc1c3c651f the previous cf12f1375b evening.d31a82da38b5f9b8

Diana Green, 60a6e17482 with her 71037de9c9 wet hair d2196f4e88 wrapped in dea3ae45a4 a towel, bd2386665c clad only 36fea0d766 in loose c2cc9fd203 pajamas. The gentle cf461a4e68 curve of d6d8e5456a her collarbone 625121fdaa and nape, 5e8f8547fb visible from 6855966b51 above. And her 6d7741876c breasts, were a7bccc93f0 impossible to 1d0d84526f ignore. It had been 055cdbad40 far too stimulating e6038c31a2 a sight for 147dabd82a him.8936d954131a85f4

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‘…….’374b49e806485ecc

Disgusting self-loathing and arousal 6715548f7b warred within him. He sat up in 80e91e8b34 bed and reached for b048449b7a his groin.1c80259fe9a3b041

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Quickly relieving his physiological 50a2fff789 needs was the best fc9ae33495 he could do. His eyes were edfde2cd1f downcast as he e0587b2ae9 stroked himself with 1abc9d67d6 mechanical, repetitive movements.ef2e2e7773dd29f3

He kept 0c0310f86b picturing her 2cc4ecb9a7 hands. Small and soft, barely c0f3c3cb1c half the size of 0abb3b13b6 his own. He imagined their 1e0fc9d169 touch. The mere 54d06dd222 thought of 9273c5f0f6 her carefully 41c2dadf16 caressing him 5ef7f4bb3b brought him 6d8439d88a close to 6209458eb7 the edge.4150e803c28e6dcd

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Animalistic panting f1376827dc escaped through 30309a52ad his clenched a034bfb00f teeth. Only after 3bd2d44409 he’d climaxed 66462a1f4a did he 6d696b5f07 realize how 967f5f7c1a deeply disturbed 4285aeb991 he was. Thick beads of sweat 8f1a50f464 trickled down his forehead.9440769ad3f5379a

A wry 951df308be laugh escaped 33888e67a8 him at 4a926f22cb the pungent 18fb41ebf3 smell of da1890d3a3 the sticky ed80fa564f white fluid a3f5762768 on his 04143f4aed palm.fbdfae126c0b7a9c

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He was eb2da8ded4 terribly thirsty. A thirst a89a5cf6f1 that wouldn’t 23b47f8f2f be quenched 258044dea2 by water, 50915528a0 he knew.2e8ed59ef446c899

A few fcb555be41 hours later, fc08913fb2 after the 833e99cfdd morning briefing, 7f224e8117 Richard stood 1b62b4de73 apart from 7829528ae5 the others, f5098e22a8 smoking.3a6d14c20bda323f

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He tried not to e19917a6aa think about the confusing 06d0d31247 dream he’d had or 0caabc123d his morning’s activity.8b4fade2f414bda6

Inhaling the nicotine 002cbc45d4 through the filter dbb4629c1c soothed a certain ddb525308f part of his cffa2c3582 brain. As he 875ed32b0d checked the e4537f6abb weather, relying 45f6b1bf14 on that 5a584be738 familiar sensation, 2432ed0a43 he heard c89feba45e footsteps approaching 7b5ee279d4 behind him.7d7ad181e94f8f8b

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His heart began to 8703ddc0ad race. He knew it was a3605e11e3 Diana just from the f1527c5068 sound of her approaching 38ff56874c footsteps. Even without Mind 7a57e1f74b Melding.a246ca339fb621cf

Diana had dbc72a0473 no idea d6c395d104 what he 27fd402982 was thinking. She asked an 1bcb93a5c7 innocent question,eeea734adb57f32e

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“What do 0ad807e36a you think? Will it rain?”b15661eaefde7478

He wanted 7c942d5aac to turn 378d610a7d around, but e5ff675fb2 he needed b9ea7452f5 time to c98e1ca1f4 compose his 7a0b7013de expression. He couldn’t let 1451f15229 her see his 504660739f wavering face. Richard answered nonchalantly,61ff483efec3f6ec

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“It might rain a 147d49c093 little, then stop.”aca1ee3f5680a552

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A smile crept 70789d1d50 onto Richard’s face, b11d8060ae breaking off his 2a4cc1d73f recollection. It was a f58600960d frantic, almost dangerously 0d8fbee628 chilling smile.b29c3d45f94ef984

The sergeant standing 60278a41b5 near him trembled. He had 516fa44e96 only come aa8a107fe8 to inform 67dd3363fe Richard of 4d8ab62f58 Lieutenant Bryce’s 2f982335c1 safety. Why such a 276013eb31 terrifying reaction? But it 2889618d2e didn’t end 9b8ed9de89 there.91560b65f7e482f4

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A low, f358ec8d57 chilling chuckle 6b043ff6e8 escaped Richard’s 114d82aa7a dry lips. It was a 0c99d180e8 sight that made e3d5345c5b it clear why eaada47f00 he was nicknamed 3750670765 “The Demon.”eba8800b4f03ed24

His eyes flashing f2089d13f2 sharply, Richard asked be3a2f280d the now completely 155a415fd7 pale sergeant,fd070aee178f17a9

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“Lieutenant Green.”4e70eea9cf0297b9

“We… don’t b74a6aea2a know yet. The search party d340f69f32 is currently confirming d45718fa50 the identities of 14de7ab873 the ejected pilots, 64f31f81fb but it’s best 21136a477d not to get 79edafea38 your hopes—”ce4144f5c4827ec8

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Richard didn’t wait 8bb72d1c85 for him to 96da049aa4 finish and walked 2959920f84 away. He had to 751bdc4988 find her again, 5be97036e0 in the same e7a84ec57d place he’d lost 302c83b90c her. If she was 5d93b1280e dead, he wanted c1d09f2df4 to see her 8984ca0ae9 body.3ce786de78265221

He wanted to 3d51983b57 see her mangled d80ea1b931 remains with his 1e02916fe9 own eyes. Then, his lewd desires 3673eadefb would lose their direction 488075fb08 and quickly evaporate.024d42266e305fba

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And he would learn 70454c1c35 a lesson.3cf1e899c30db404

The practical lesson that 5e6e15e845 anyone Richard Ashwood became 23268890cc attached to was destined 9701444026 to die.0a530bcdc1a2fba1

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“Wake up!”5f72a993a6ccf436

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Diana continued slapping dfee4348b4 the man’s cheek. If he 833b2fcaee lost consciousness, 080c3d7a8f it would 0d5e134e28 be over.aadcda892837bb3c

The car carrying fbf64814b6 them sped along da2a26a160 the unpaved dirt 4ec06796ee road. The vehicle lurched cddea64d02 every time the 98b3ec279b tires hit a 5c276065a3 bump. Diana shielded the 394b6ae500 man with her 9549920866 body, focused on 882224e6d9 stemming the bleeding.b27a86841ee2e3af

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“Hey, hey!”5adba4485dcd3102

“…Sister…sister…”99e6a406ce38327c

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“I’m not your sister.”6a2a6488f4531c0f

Diana muttered e8311f8bd0 ruthlessly into 859f6c2159 his ear. But Christian, already d48a348cc2 delirious, kept repeating 9a68335ca6 the same words.31795316541e3f57

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“Elena. Elena. Sister…”ca5a585d851733e4

“…….”d9d1cbe7bbdd54d7

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Swallowing her awkwardness, Diana d0d2a886d9 continued her efforts to b6473f5048 rouse him.771592c1abfa457d

“Open your eyes. You’ll die 2c47d571c4 if you 6ffbdd32de fall asleep e2aed95cb9 here.”648a0844d6f17aba

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“Mother…”ba9e5b7fa4ee8ba6

The man’s name was b19ff2dd46 Christian Parnas-Athenai.62184945af7a7b09

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As Diana had suspected, 27a39b04c1 he was the son 4d241a7fed of Lael Parnas, now 50e489bae0 an Air Marshal, and 9d819281fa Elizabeth Athenai.b63656e5f1b481b4

It seemed 490be876d3 Parnas had f2a256cf47 not only 55db524512 become a 7ab8580305 son-in-law of 675122f930 the Athenai 00fb04f248 family, but 886ef40a4c had successfully 2b84077af2 absorbed the 4e94f038d8 entire house. Though Bringerton newspapers bbad9d0a37 referred to him 164ff1fc24 simply as “Air c226a58a70 Marshal Parnas.”b6c72336fae975e3

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‘You got 59d8181587 everything you 185561336b wanted. Congratulations, Lael.’bf0951d283477a0a

Diana barely managed to bc0c3f6acc suppress her sarcastic inner ed9a231028 monologue and shouted towards b8d2eeb807 the driver,8704eca5de5bdcaf

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“Can’t we 1d453a6127 go any b0b0e02eb6 faster?”fbb2d1891c4c190b

“I’m already going 19fa69458e as fast as a3902bb3d3 I can!”65043664392e3996

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The engine f0d03c3129 of the cff7bd78b0 jalopy, more c1f7614aa1 akin to 6c4163fc4b a cart, aba0437213 sputtered and f0e1ceeb91 wheezed. The frame rattled 648eeb3ea6 as if it a893e7bc61 were about to f9797f44f7 fall apart.b9db8e2f458bc3ef

The farmer who d90446eb33 was giving them 8057ab9e41 a ride kept c3b2a1d462 glancing at Christian 69835b8456 in the rearview 6c9212da80 mirror with a 916c18f8fe disapproving look.e6e00705fb703b6b

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“Tch…, that’s an Arkean a1da9209ed brat, plain as day. Why bother efef669eb7 saving him?”dd36b2cce437dd57

Diana gave 9c2ac1a6db an awkward 098dcf41f6 laugh and 44ca98246b replied,783b6b802406b2c6

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“He might have 786845fb42 valuable information. Anything we can c360c30a5e learn about Arke 044d572d49 would be helpful.”c42e363e31eb547e

“Pfft. You know 09d3194fcd how brainwashed aa2e5c079a those Arkeans a656f6586c are! They’d rather befc6a1354 die than 1aae71a1d1 surrender.”fd4deb74ff481e41

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“I’ll try 04feb5f0a7 to persuade ca1b3b06f2 him.”f33103df16099056

“Persuade? Fat chance. If persuasion worked, c7dd6fe2ca it would have f45b28b9b7 worked by now. Those lot 3098ac040e are impossible 316bde39aa to deal 174248b98c with.”a8fbb1ac00254ada

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The car, already at d02d4c19ee its limit, somehow accelerated 9fc6c7463b even further. Diana began to feel 375889194f a slight threat to 252e019f0e her life.d4f1f1c874343e3a

‘I don’t mind flying faster in the air, but cars are a different story…’c6e26d4cd81bc1eb

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‘If he knew the guy in my arms was the Arkean Air Marshal’s son, he’d probably crash the car into a ditch, wouldn’t he?’967fabfa59c7d5d7

The thought sent a 91c616f6fd chill down her spine.5c76580a2b80d910

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As she exchanged ef09a53df9 words with the 0698061841 driver, Christian, cradled 587d76e563 in her arms, 3975d689a9 closed his eyes cc4609b5fa again and fell 1f1ddd1f1d silent. Diana slapped dcb9150504 his cheek 8e6495ec9b again.59c59660c7d67e3e

She whispered in fb86ea10e9 Arkean in his 0b35072945 ear,4d7e7b17f4091d97

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“Hey, please 0840a26f9b wake up. You can’t lose c6b0f113e7 consciousness.”746ec35a525931d4

“…Mother…”1c8910a14b0e2c2a

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“Yes, think of 4629b9172d your mother and b8010a6ed9 stay alive. Just hold on 051d5ecb0e a little longer.”6ae32a71b6b62905

“…Why did she give c04b9668b1 me, that broken gun…”e6ff966108b7b6de

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Christian’s mumbling triggered c2d60174b9 a thought.8c88bab67469914e

‘Was that 5490e0bdab gun really d912fb02ab from Elizabeth?’82f71a53088eb7a2

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Did she deliberately give him a faulty gun so he wouldn’t commit suicide before being captured?e3b2efc10dbc2499

An unfamiliar feeling, impossible to decipher, pierced Diana’s heart.0e6bb5ad49f3c616

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The Elizabeth Fernan knew was a somewhat unhinged aristocratic young lady. But now, after more than twenty years, she was a mother desperately wishing for her son’s safe return.cade6313d5bda48a

It felt like an 8bb2736032 insurmountable river flowed between 592a23daa5 the images of these 9f199aaa43 two Elizabeths.f9a4d6e71f14e42b

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“We’ll be there 2bb3c26e7a soon.”6da9c3515acffd35

The farmer 768ef4f274 gripping the 2b6f148afe steering wheel fc9c4bf9e7 said in 1beba2d120 a trembling 3476f67c8f voice. Diana nodded.94f98ac044e5859d

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“Thank you. The seat c7307d28fa is stained c078147653 with blood, 8c6f4bb553 but I’ll 43d1673806 compensate you ff07933e44 as best b6c1213943 I can.”e9e3138694f12274

“No, don’t mention it! It’s an honor to carry a Lieutenant as a Bringerton citizen! I’ll have something to brag about at the pub later!”e977fcbdc8914d01

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“…….”20c7b2c90c6727f6

Diana blinked, speechless. Come to 84d4e52310 think of 5528db0f4e it, the 9ca7ab96db villagers had 341191bb62 been whispering 07810289c8 about her 0bef786da1 earlier.0bceaf74279f0228

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She had daa4496e7c assumed it 5fd0e69518 was because a19705915c they were 2719dd2f6d uneasy seeing 85e9b2df99 her covered 0e8822963e in blood 9e0e0552c2 and with 3e7870db75 an Arkean a5b191f7c3 soldier, but e676c6f949 it seemed 9f969c7e6d there was 22bbfce52d more to cccdbc56ff it.df8e1ff92f4140b8

“Aren’t you the Saint of Bringerton, Lieutenant?”650ac81835e418c2

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“…….”a481b4f2018282b4

Her cheeks 598a0d103c flushed crimson 7d5f81f6e7 at the 58955046d5 embarrassing title. Diana awkwardly averted c2d2c34d11 her gaze to a41cb3a8e0 Christian.2279c0904e303f8f

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She nudged 8d2695b42f him, urging ae25d3a0e9 him to 6d8a9fc531 wake up. The man, watching Diana’s 213b31b33f efforts through the rearview 2237c2fa77 mirror, clicked his tongue.070ff501c9feb847

“Now that I 2d565d31a3 see it, your 621e157bea heart is truly dc9d7ffb88 saintly. That compassion, dac6ec5aab even for a13e7a68c8 the enemy, c196a3d20e refusing to 71d7d2493f kill! If it were me, f1e4cb7fa8 I’d shoot them dead ec3cd9802b without a second thought.”d8051e3316e4fbea

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“…It’s not 16ce26b26e really because d73d990020 of compassion.”129c17565f3799e2

She had killed someone today, hadn’t she? Of course, she knew, intellectually, that killing wasn’t punishable in wartime.ffc1bc79ea7432e8

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War made the b455a8b1f0 absurd normal. Killing the enemy was 4e0efa36d1 not only permitted but f1c9f0a45e encouraged. Exceptions became the rule, ace1f9e60f and the rule became 2c9994487c the exception.d47a33c999a19172

But somehow, her 50c1194147 heart couldn’t fully 54ac6eb4e5 accept that simple d23bbbeb91 logic.1001672d6cf7a946

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Diana smiled b6d6c604c5 bitterly to 6ceef985b9 herself. She was still c0c4dfd286 a sentimentalist, just 7ad6265f2d as she always d711e8c011 had been. She couldn’t help dbf6761f85 it if people 54c02b9d4d called her a b690f44cc6 hypocrite.d7cdc5288b01f396

Blinking her downcast 7e419db2b4 eyes, she mocked c011e8b405 herself inwardly.2070bef0fdf0bfe8

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‘I’m not cut 1be0bf5c20 out to be 3492bc32b5 a soldier.’d6180fd47f303f80

Though, who in 529082c4f0 the world was cut out d5335198a3 to be ef4f2893de a soldier?3f1d13b5b65f047e

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Finally, the 3adb2c6a0b base came 1d3077d233 into view 6d73830bf7 in the 6edbe7d2f1 distance. Diana cranked e6a684488a the lever 6fbdbd1b04 and opened e74dbc9d27 the rear f27c30f6a3 window. Waving her hand 99fde890eb outside, she shouted ba38bfeaf9 to the sentry,524869e39ee848ea

“Get a medic! I have b40aa9276c a wounded c6a595c5c3 soldier!”00481396bb689e43

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