At this point the girl had gone sullen and refused to talk any more.Even after Lumley had slapped her around the face a couple of times.When Lumley ha... announced his intention to visit the temple he'd been surprised at the response. The entire village had thrown a party in his honour. They must have thought he was going to offer himself up to their god or something. Still it felt good to be treated like the big chief for an evening.During the celebrations the witch's coven of wizened village. As I enter the Ground Control Center the readouts tell me all I need to know. There are more than one thousand ships up there against our 8 stations and 7 ships. As the battle wages I can see that some 200 Skree ships have broken off from the others and are heading for landing sites all around our small city. I detail three of my Space Marine companies to concentrate their defense in the area of the port as it appears the majority of the Skree will land there. The other company of Marines and. That would have beenembarrassing to say the least.I finally gave up waiting. I shook my head. "Ah well, it looks as if thisparticular spell doesn't work. Ephraim will be annoyed. I suppose you'llbe feeling let down too?" Yeas," he sighed. He was about to say more but it was interrupted byanother shiver, more violent, and I felt myself shiver too. "It can't bethat cold in here," I muttered then I had a sudden realization. "My God,maybe the shivering is a sign that the spell beginning to. “You and Ed didn’t change the sheets or pick up the towels at the apartment, Stephanie!” I teased as I handed her the keys.“Oops! We were there on Friday afternoon and we ran out of time and basically had to run back to Graeter’s for Mrs. Krajick to pick us up! Sorry about that.”“It was no big deal. I made the bed and put the towels in the laundry bag. We didn’t need it after all. Things are going well between you and Ed?”“Yep. He’s a good boy, so he gets his treats!” she smirked.I grinned and.