Editing PERSONAL NOTES:The Family (section)

===Year of the Sun 1235 Harmony 13===
I have discovered a new reason why I was invited on Night of the Moon to be with the Family. Hakem was getting in my good graces to tell me about a new assignment. I am surprised he gave me that much consideration. He probably thinks I’m weak and must be wooed into a task this distasteful. Today I got to reassure him that I am loyal and will do whatever the Family requires of me.

It seems there is a merchant that is trying to create problems for the Al’Hamzah. He is getting in the way of our operations and is getting information somewhere. I have spent the last several months watching him. I have performed in his home and let him think I was interested in him in order to get close enough to get information. He tries to get me to become his lover. That has so far been a step I have been unwilling to make. Today the Father asked me to become Zafar Al’Abdul-Razzaq’s lover.

I stood there quietly for a moment, not sure what to say. In the end I told him that my loyalty is to the Family and if he wants me to do this thing then I shall. I asked him for only one favor if he would grant it, for permission to woo his youngest son prior to my assignment. I told him I also understood completely if he would not grant my request.

It was a tense moment for me when I told him that my virtue was still intact. I did not want to give it to someone like Zafar. I made the request that I did so I could at least give my virtue to a person of my choosing, a person I respected and admired. Waseem is someone who I thought I could enjoy touching me.

I thought he would deny me. He has been working on arranging a marriage for Waseem. He stared at me for so long I thought I would die. I almost retracted my request when he finally spoke. I will never forget his next words. “Baelwren, you ask a high price for your virtue. I will grant this because I know my son would want you. You have one night with him and then it is over. Before you lay with my son you must procure a charm to prevent any chance of you becoming with child. I will not tolerate a complication of that nature. The morning after it is done you are to become Zafar’s woman until we get all of the information we require. Is that understood?”

I told him I understood perfectly and left to procure my charm. Tomorrow I will seduce Waseem. From what the Father said I don’t think it will be that difficult. There has been a tension between us ever since he started my induction to the Family. I never tried to follow where it might lead. I didn’t want to have complications any more than the Father did.