"Tara went to search out the others. She found Rebecca, Clementine, and Becca tending the babies in the study. It was quiet and it was dark with the c...rtains drawn. They rocked themselves and the babies while sitting on the overstuffed divan. They all looked up and smiled when Tara entered the room."Could one of you tell me the date today?" Tara led the discussion."It's May 17th, 1877" Clementine maintained.Becca chimed in at that point. "I know what you're doing. You're trying to verify. I never asked, or even wished, for any of this. I keep learning things that seem to expand upon the mysteries of the universe or other stuff like that. I’m unsure what to do, who to trust, and where to find answers. I know there was no reason to send most of your team to follow those kids and me. I took them somewhere I knew would be safe and outside the reach of anyone wanting to find them for any reason. It seems that whatever I am comes at a price.Nobody rides for free.”“David,” Amelia. Port Balkat sat near the mouth of the river on the south bank and was the main trading center between the north men living in the fjords further up the coast, and the larger cities to the south. South of Port Balkat the coastline was inhospitable for many days sailing because the coastal mountains came right up to the sea.The end of the MacTynnen Valley was on top of an escarpment above a swampy delta where the MacTynnen entered the Balkat. Both the escarpment and the swampy ground were good. Soon I'll be fucking your slutty cum sucking wife and your piece of shit for brains cum slut daughter. You, your prissy assed wife and your fucking slut daughter will be mine to use and abuse any time, any place, anywhere and with whomever I choose even in the bathroom of the bus station like I made you do last week with that homeless guy. Now cum for me you worthless piece of shit of a man." I blurted in absolute astonishment. "I can't believe anything like that could ever happen to anyone.