About seven that evening, the Charge of Quarters (CQ) knocked on my office door and alerted me that Private Thompson was there to see me. “Send her...in,” I ordered. A few seconds later, a very disheveled looking Army recruit entered my office. She stood at attention and rendered a hand salute. “Sir! Private Thompson, reporting as ordered, sir!” I put her “at ease” and she dutifully folded her hands behind her back, shifting her stance to accommodate the “at ease” position. “Tough day?” I asked.. Jake was sure the king had planned it, but he still liked that he had done itThey stayed in the capital for two weeks instead of one. Catherine worked hard and made deals with several vendors. Th uniforms for the cadets came at half the price they would normally sell for. All three of the galleys received new equipment. Catherine’s deal with the merchants was simple. They provide the equipment and they could then say their equipment was on the Karenna. Jake had learned the first supplier had. Er zog seinen Schwanz wieder aus ihr, und Beatrice ahnte, was nun kommen würde. Oh Gott, bitte nicht, ging es ihr voller Angst durch den Kopf. Doch sie sah aus den Augenwinkeln, wie Herr Schneider hinter sie trat, ihre geschnürte Taille umfasste und im nächsten Moment spürte sie, wie sich die Schwanzspitze gegen ihr Poloch drückte. "Meine kleine Schwanznutte, du freust dich doch darauf, dass ich dich jetzt einreiten werde, oder? Du wirst meine ganz persönliche Schwanznutte werden, die auf. Sighing, she pulled her hair over her shoulder onto her chest, and combed it. There was a missing piece in this madness, in her city, and she was determined to find it. Daniel had spent how many nights now, searching? Drifting through the city with the highest skill Auspex could provide, he was nothing more than a wisp of shadow, a dream, moving through the walls and streets. His hunt had no goal, nothing obvious. He was as likely to discover a random ancient city beneath Dolareido, as he was.