My story had definitely bothered her. She eventually turned away from me, and curled up into her bedroll. She seemed to think quietly for a very long ...ime, before at last returning to a light healing sleep.Getting some sleep of my own was harder to come by. I was so tired and worn from only sleeping a few hours at a time that I was getting more than a little bit brain-addled.I awoke suddenly in the late afternoon to find something hard and cold poking into my back. I was certain it was a weapon. I turned around just as I heard the door open. I tried to act calmly as I listened for it to shut. I desperately wanted to fix my shirt, but I couldn't allow someone in the hall to see me do it. When I heard the door shut and the room was silent, I glanced behind me and then all around. The room was shut and abandoned again. I began to sob as I fell into my chair. It was difficult to fix my bra. I had to remove my shirt most of the way to put it on the way I normally do, and then I fixed my. “I can’t believe that all those Paladins are staying in such tight formation like that,” Ann remarked. “Maybe we should have brought everyone and had a party.”“Unh-uh,” Arlene returned. “We snipe and run to fight another time. Even if we had all our interceptors here, we would still be outnumbered by at least four to one, not to mention the difference in the number of guns on those things compared to ours. Remember, our husband was adamant that we should hit and run to fight another day. We. " She caressed hischeek. "Your husband loves earrings on his wife you know," she said asMartin's eyes just stared, but he heard her perfectly. He knew what thismeant, and he couldn't imagine what they had in store for him."I guess I should be happy he doesn't like rings in his wife's nose," hesaid sarcastically."Oh but he does Lady Vargos. He does. All in due time," she said smilingand raising an eyebrow.Two gold bangle bracelets were placed on one wrist and a very femininegold watch on the.