She had no idea how long she lay there for. By the time that she heard voices outside the door however, the light beam had moved all the way to her kn...es. A key turned in the lock and the door swung open. She had a brief look at another door on the other side of a hallway before a man entered and the door swung shut again. He was tall. Much taller than her. And well-built as well. He wore a tight fitting tank top and cargo shorts. His beard was black and clipped short, like the hair on top of. ”“Then get...” A sudden explosion shakes the ship, cutting the admiral off. Red lights flash on as the regular ones kick off. Alarms begin blaring, causing shouts to have to be made. “Get the alarms off. Damage assessment?”“Explosion in the first armory, sir,” a sailor reports. “Minor damage caused the bulkhead to cave in. They are working to contain the water.”“Will we sink or not?” Pellington questions, his tone hinting at impatience.“Ship integrity is holding at ninety percent,. ’ ‘I’m sure she’s fine, sweetheart. You remember how we were when we first got together, you couldn’t get us apart for anything.’ ‘Yeah, but we were happy. Err, happyish, anyway. She doesn’t sound like her normal happy-go-violent self.’ Shane smoothed down the loose strands of hair from my ponytail, his calm touch soothing me somewhat. ‘Look, I’ll go talk to Sam, okay? Since they’re living together now maybe he knows what’s goin’ on.’ Sam moved into Sydney’s condo in December when his lease. Her reputation in the community was another matter. But that became a moot consideration within a year as her family, disgraced and humiliated by her well-publicised actions, chose to move out of town to a land far away.Brenda was lucky. Not so the six boys who eventually showed up at the Eastward home that weekend. They were all over the age of 16 and therefore subject to sex-crime legislation that would have them tried in Criminal, not Family Court.Although neither Riana Eastward nor Brenda.