‘The commander called to let us know that he had confirmed that it was her,’ Josh said woodenly holding her in his arms. ‘I never wanted her dea..., Josh,’ she whispered feeling numb. ‘I know,’ he said. ‘I’m so sorry,’ she whispered and held him close. ***** In the following two days, Lucia had stepped up and had taken over for Peri and her mother in working with her Aunts on a memorial service for Nik. The autopsy and inquest meant that there would be no physical body to bury for weeks yet,. Quick, effective, and elegantly brutal. At the moment they are an anomaly that is un-noticed by the central authorities."Nora raised an eyebrow. "The sensible thing would be to let me go, or just kill me like you did the bounty hunters, if I'm such a risk to your plans."Varna's head snapped round to look at her. "Nora! What the fuck?"The Captain smiled. "You are the rightful heir to the Rmaxis fortune and power." She turned to Varna. "As you are the heir to the Carask family." That is. Right now, nobody else is around. Take a break, why don’t you, and lay your head back. Close your eyes. Relaxing, isn’t it? What’s that….it feels like someone lightly kissing your forehead? Go ahead and open your eyes……there’s nobody there.Close your eyes again. Suddenly you feel warm breath on your cheek, then what feels like those same soft lips. It’s OK to check…..open your eyes…there’s nobody there. Maybe it is a spirit? Close your eyes again and relax.Oh my God….it feels like someone is. Mum squealed and slipped off the narrow blade of the spade, both feet went from under her and she fell into the quagmire that was the potato patch.I reached for her and promptly slipped too, landing on my back in the mud."Oh for fu- - -," then I realised she was laughing, lying there her hair plastered to her head, tee shirt soaked through displaying the dark circles of her nipples, skirt up round her waist and legs wide open."Tommy no." she squealed as I pulled her on top of me and fumbled in.