”Lady Saylian stared daggers at her. Koraq smirked at the continued defiance and, with a quick motion, slapped her hard across the face. Her ward ha... a dazed expression as Koraq tangled her fingers in the elf’s hair and gripped tightly, pulling her head back painfully.“That is exactly what I’m talking about,” she growled. “You will look at me with respect, got it slut?”Illeisiel jerked her head in a slight nod. Her eyes were watering from the painful slap and hair pulling. She looked less. It would put them both into living the last day with Joanna wherever and whenever, the same as she was living. It was decided that this could be effective with using only four hours of real time. More than that shouldn't be necessary.Riley? I trusted her, but sometimes I wondered. I caught her looking at me at different times like she was about to say something. During the time when scenarios were being programmed into the virtual system, Riley made suggestions that were downright torturous to. To burn off some excess nervous energy, I shagged fly balls for an hour. Running around loosened my up muscles and my mind. When the Angels took batting practice, I was in the photography well behind home plate, watching every move, every swing, every nervous tic, and every dip of the bat.I noticed Anaheim's biggest hitter had a big hole in his swing in a place no one would have thought to look. I filed that away for later. I learned a lot about their hitters watching them when they thought. " Hey ladies, let me just make sure you're listed for tonight." Heglanced down at his clipboard. "Yeah there we go, head on in, Shannon isalready here."We got a fair share of dirty looks as we waltzed straight into the clubpast the line of people waiting to gain entry. I was happy to be insidewhere we could disappear into the crowd. And before long the three of uswere at a table sharing a bottle of champagne, I was certainly glad thisweekend was nearly over, spending time as Tiffany was.