They had a brief heated conversation, completely forgetting that I was sat there then Carlos took his wallet out and gave it to her. She turned witho...t a further word and made her way slowly out of the room, again making sure that I saw her from behind. Carlos turned back to me and I had to quickly avert my gaze as it suddenly dawned on me that this was either his wife or first daughter! He quickly said in English again, "I'm sorry about my daughter, she is going to the town Gandia in a week. Eventually, I cried myself out and began snuffling instead of crying."Ok, it's OK," she said, still stroking my hair.We stayed that way for some time until my eyes had dried and I began tofeel a little more in control. Fiona sensed this and let go of me,allowing me to sit up in the bed. I looked directly at her for the firsttime, and she smiled a little anxiously at me."How do you feel now?" I don't know," I replied, my voice very husky. "I have no idea what Ishould do." I almost whimpered at. “Thanks Sara, I know how hard you’ve been working and wanted to do something nice for you” she said with her cheeky smile. “Uh huh?” Sara replied “WHAT??? I did!” Mandy whined “Ok, it’s just…a surprise that's all, you’re sure there isn’t another reason?” “Well, since you asked…” Mandy started “I was wondering if I could have a few friends over tomorrow?” Sara smiled “Sweetheart, you know you don’t need to ask me for permission. The way I see it you’re an adult and can make your own decisions.”. Each of them also had a plume of feathers in her hair.The silence was broken by a hushed exclamation: "that's her! The Amazon queen!". At the same time, some small object flew past my ear. The next thing I knew, the queen had one hand raised in front of her, a throwing knife caught between her fingers. It had barely missed me."Those of you here for my head are enemies of the Amazon people. Anyone else," the queen added with a glance in my direction, "I suggest you run." With that, she threw the.