”I nodded reluctantly, unable to dispute his logic, but still not happy about what it meant. He pulled me closer, pressing our foreheads together; w... stayed like that until Mhairi bustled into the room, followed by a worried Avanna. I pulled away from Alistair and turned to the two women who led my soldiers.“Captains, there’s been a darkspawn attack in Highever, and Lord Fergus is calling for aid. How many soldiers can you have ready to leave at daybreak?”It was decided that Mhairi would go. But she did nothing. Rather gulping rest of the fluid from her glass, she finished smoking and asked with a mysterious look, “When that happens, what do you like to do?”Her unexpected curiosity made me sit up. In one gasp I said, “Kiss the lady to know how her lips taste after smoking.””Then taste it” in a flash she placed a kiss on my cheek. Her lips were extremely hot. I reciprocated it instantly. Cupping her chin with my left palm I pulled her face close to my mouth and started kissing her. "Can you do it here in the kitchen while I finish making supper?" Jordan ran and got her book bag. 'Goodness, doesn't she move at any speed but full throttle?' I asked myself.Jordan and Maxie had become close friends during her time visiting with me and Maxie would often go and sit at the front door just before Jordan arrived. A thought came to me as Jordan was doing her homework. "Jordan, would you like to take on the task of feeding Maxie each night?" I asked and her grin said it all.Over the. I received an update on the interrogations. I would turn the phone on again at 1600, 1800, 2000 and 2200 South African time. 2200 would last of the day, 1500 at Morton - barring any emergencies.I did have a clean laptop I could do emails with if I really had to; it had come from England. Robert had installed a stripper program to clean it every time it was shut down and the operating system I would use was on a portable hard drive. Robert and Burt were using the same type.Wednesday morning the.