PREFACE In the blink of an eye, the world changed. It seems that way every time doesn't it? But in reality, this took years. It was coming. For decades, people warned us. Books were written, movies made, people prayed. It happened right under our noses and we ignored it. And now, we all must live in the world that we have created. It began many years a...
Cast of Characters Dante Silvrash - 25 years old as of 2011, Alpha Fire Team for SEAL Team 2 Point Man Rank Lieutenant, Lily's mate and main character. Three tours of duty, one in Afghanistan and two in Iraq before joining Teams. Alpha Heir, favorite liquor Four Roses Single Barrel Cask Strength bourbon, owns two guitars, electric and acoustic. Long black...
Chapter 38 -- The Four-Beta oath Lisa celebrated the first day of August by taking off the splint protecting her injured finger. The university intern advised her to "go easy" on her hand for a few more days, but added that she could resume most physical activity right away. Tracy advised Lisa that she expected her to go back to doing normal sit-ups and pus...
Chapter 16 - Six Tri-Alpha pledges Led by their pledge mistress, the four pledges carried their overloaded backpacks off campus in the stifling afternoon heat. All five women were covered with sweat once they finally got to the Four-Beta Sorority house, which meant they would have to put their uniforms in the wash and change into clean ones. The women strip...
NOTE: This is for adults, but you knew that. Josh walked into the auditorium, a little intimidated. Here it was, his first day at college--and his first class was so big, it met in the school theatre! So many freshman and sophomores took Introduction to Psychology that Josh had to walk upstairs to the balcony to find a seat. He settled himself into a chai...
Chapter 15 - Sorority property on loan The following morning was Tuesday, exactly one week since Lisa and her companions started their internment in the Four-Beta sorority. The day would be significant for two other reasons. First, it was the day the pledges would begin going to the university to attend to their academic responsibilities. For brief periods...
Chapter 34 -- Pledge Brittany The following week marked a subtle, but significant change in the relationship between Lisa and Kathleen. What went on between them had to be conducted out of sight of Tracy and the other pledges, but the two lovers understood that Lisa now was in charge of Kathleen's life. Kathleen's eagerness to please Lisa and make up for th...
Chapter 46 – Epilogue Lisa Campbell woke up at 5:30 a.m. She stretched, sat up, and watched with satisfaction as her two attendants crisply knelt forward and placed their foreheads to the floor. She looked out her bedroom window to check the weather. It was a dreary late October morning and the thermometer outside read 42 degrees. The reading meant the unif...
Chapter 42 – Volleyball The area outside the basketball stadium already was crowded with players from the 17 other volleyball teams, the members of the university's sororities and fraternities, and various students and faculty members interested in watching the volleyball tournament. Word that the Four-Betas would be forced to play in the nude already had s...
Chapter 44 -- Pledge Mistress Lisa Rush week that year was extremely busy for the entire sorority, because the odd notoriety from the volleyball tournament brought many more visitors than would have shown up during a typical year. Starting Monday, the Four-Beta House was packed with young women, most of who were there to satisfy their curiosity instead of s...