He walked to the couch and sat down.McLain sipped the santo and felt a warm sensation spread throughout his body. He took another sip and smiled. He f...lt a bizarre sense of well-being arise from deep within himself. He knew that he was in danger but he felt calm and relaxed. He took another few sips of the drink and felt euphoric.He heard the entrance door open and turned to his left to see Eltira and Ventera enter with their equipment. He looked at them and smiled. "Sorry ladies. You can't. Soon the side panel door was slid shut and pretty soon after the van began to move again. Lisa had calculated that it was some forty-five minutes drive time from her house to the Rugby club's ground, so she was surprised when around twenty minutes later the van slowed and stopped. They all heard Ted exit the vehicle but the side panel door never opened although the radio was turned off.They felt the rear of the van suddenly bounce but no doors opened and they were left wondering what was. "So, give me a brief account of what happened."Brief, Joe thinks. How can you give a brief account of a nineteen month absence? He tries, "Jennifer disappeared in London on Tuesday 10th November 2009 at about two o'clock in the afternoon..." You are very precise?" It's not something you forget, your wife going missing." Joe's response is terse."No, I can understand. And then?" We contacted the police as soon as we realised she was gone." As soon as?" After I said good-bye to Jennifer I. Reg would play in the evening, bringing out the Will-o'-wisps and they would sleep undisturbed."We cross Aithen's borders the day after tomorrow," Aaron remarked as they settled in for the night. "If there is an ambush and I am not saying there is, it would be tomorrow or tomorrow night. After that, there is too much risk involved with patrols of Guardsman, for any ambusher."The city of Aithen had its own local government to deal with the day-to-day operations within the city outside of the.