Their advance security team was alertly in place all around them, and the Alliance force that had appeared at Winghoof Estate were rapidly Translocati...g in all around them. Within five minutes almost everyone who had been at Winghoof, including the ranch staff and the knights of Sming, had been Translocated in.The last group included Yazadril, Nemia, Hilsith, and fourteen injured on stretchers, as well as a dozen human walking wounded. They appeared on the patio at the same moment that the huge. I felt dad sit down next to me and felt him nudge me, like he wanted me to get up. He then in a whisper, asked me if I was asleep. I just faked sleeping, thinking he would just go to bed. I could smell some liquor on him too but that wasn't unusual with dad. He nudged me again and I didn't respond. The next thing I heard was what sounded like his zipper coming down and some shuffling around next to me. I could tell he was getting undressed because I heard his belt buckle open and his pants. "Uh, no, he's not due for another couple of hours. Did you try calling his cell?" I asked. Dad usually didn't answer his phone while at work, but it was worth a shot. "He didn't answer, but I figured I'd surprise him by being a little bit early. Got something I'd like to show him before we meet with the others." Brendon grinned and held up a plastic shopping bag, "It's that new video game that just came out about a month ago. I know he's been wanting it since he heard about it. I thought we. You make only speak when I ask you a question; you must answer it with 'yes Goddess' or 'no Goddess'. Is that understood?" Yes Goddess." Good, now I want this house cleaned from top to bottom. You have two hours. Now off you go."Even though my mind screamed out that this was stupid and wrong and a part of me felt an overbearing urge to run as far away from this madness as possible; another part of me seemed willing to follow this stupidity to it's natural limit. But how far would that be?Luci.