! Get in the car. I can handle this."God, that woman was irritating."And just how are you gonna handle it? I'm sure by now you know you can't get cell...service until you get to the bottom of the mountain. Maybe you were going to walk the six miles into town, just a nice, leisurely stroll in the dark with your daughter. A good bonding moment, huh? By the time you get to town the garage will be closed and no one can get to your car until Monday, Bob refuses to work on Sunday. Then you can walk. . it drives me crazy!"I know," said Jack. "You want to fuck everybody, right?" Yes," said Dawn in a wispy voice. "Each and every one of them." suddenly, from behind a nearby hedge, the tall blond who Dawn had called 'cute' appeared. "That man there," she said to Jack. "Would you mind if I went off with him?" No," said Jack. "Don't forget' If he doesn't want to, he'll say so." I'll make him want to," she said. She went lightly after the blond stranger. Jack followed from a distance. He wanted to. I’ve always wanted to use one.”Nate visibly paled. It felt oddly intimate, this stranger going into his study. It served as more than a place of work for him—it was a place of inspiration. The room was filled with all sorts of uniquely characteristic things like pictures from old magazines, newspaper clippings of obscure happenings, a hand-drawn fantasy world map Ezra had sloppily sketched one drunken night, his records and a record player, a telescope he’d gotten from an estate sale, and all. "He wasn't really listening to her. He was really excited about having a good day today.Brianna was unable to knock him down or disarm him even once today and they switched hands back and forth easily.Even though she got in some good shots at him, and his shoulders and arms still smarted from the hits he took, he was still happy she couldn't knock him down or disarm him.He was finally starting to hold his own. Soon she would even be in trouble when he started using a Bastard sword in each.