Apple turnovers and oatmeal with cream.’ Heather laughed. ‘I do love oatmeal with cream –even more than one kind of cream, James.’ She gave hi... a seductive look. The fifty-year-old butler blushed slightly. ‘Why, what do you mean, Miss Heather?’ The nineteen-year-old lady of the manor moved close to him. ‘I think you know, James. Don’t you? Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talk-ing about, because I think you understand perfect-ly.’ She leaned up on her tiptoes, sliding her arms around the. ..Deke took the group back to the village he grew up in. He still had a small cottage there just past the edge of the village. The River Inn was at this end of the village and the stable was across from the River Inn. So Keal Bo-Jo Raiffe Kay-Lor Malak and Gada stayed at the River Inn.The third night there while they were walking to the Inn for dinner from Deke's cottage they heard a ruckus. As they got closer they could hear the sound of fighting. They slowed down out of caution and were. “All ssshipsss ... open fire!”Plasma Cannon batteries across the battlecarrier’s topdeck unleashed a terrifying broadside of volatile energy at the enemy. The Breklan’tohok’s fusillade added to the blistering storm of plasma blasts aimed at the Brimorians, the roiling green balls streaking towards the stricken carrier group.Kaelotegh gaped at the Kintark fleets in disbelief, appalled that he’d fallen prey to such a simplistic ambush, the likes of which a novice Wave-Squire would have easily. I had warned everyone not to harm a private citizen unless they became violent enough to warrant it. Soldiers were to be taken alive if possible, but the safety of my men took precedence. The citizens were to be treated civilly, and there was to be no looting or raping. The looting would be done systematically once the city was secure, and only those things I approved would be taken. Any violation of these rules would result in them being imprisoned immediately and punished when we got home..