Archers seemed to be setting up to volley arrows over the walls, butwaited for the orders. Meanwhile I watched the trebuchets continueflinging their o...n barrages.The Citadels did everything we could have hoped for! There was evensome luck on our side as they managed to cause landslides that sealedoff the tunnels from further troops coming through! Just as we cheeredthat victory, Citadel Four activated their self-destruct function toprevent the vantage point being taken by Camulus' troops who. Veronica’s out with Helen for the evening.’ ‘Right,’ he said and then shook his head. ‘My Karen never goes out. Well, not without me. She’s very much a home bird. Leave her with the TV or a romantic novel and she’s happy as a pig in muck. But you know that, anyway.’ I nodded and reached for my glass. ‘Not a lot of high maintenance with her,’ I said crisply. ‘That’s true and a good job at that. You know, Richard, car sales are in a slump at the moment. I have to watch the pennies.’ He exhaled. We’ll see what they say.”“Hey, Em,” I said. “What kind of gathering are you going to tonight? You’re still dressed in sweats.”“It’s a track suit. I don’t sweat in it,” she huffed. “And I’m not going out tonight. The football game is an away game and I don’t feel like driving halfway across the state to watch them lose another one. I’m thinking a movie and popcorn with the family tonight.”“Can we watch Pokemon in Paradise?” Pey exclaimed. “It was just released on Netflix. You never did get to. The breeze rustled her ballet skirt."Should we drive her? It's getting chilly," I asked, concerned."Her dad will be there like any minute. She just called him," Kaylee explained, staring."Okay," I replied remorsefully and, with one last motherly glance at little Kristen, I eased the accelerator forward.Trapped in the car with me for the ride home, I used it to my advantage, grilling Kaylee thoroughly about Kristen. She had never really talked enthusiastically about her boyfriends, even though.