The captain shut his eyes. ‘We hope so, Miss Cranston. We can only hope and pray so.’ * * * * Tina’s eyes fluttered open, feeling gummy and stic...y, her eyes burning in the bright lights of the room. She tried to lift her hand to rub them and felt a knife blade like pain in her arm. Looking down, she could see she was tied, big plastic zip ties digging cruelly into her wrists and ankles. She still wore the tee shirt she’d put on last night after her and Angie had made up from their latest fight.. Throughout 2 girlfriends they remained antagonistic friends. Then came the night at the bonfire&hellip, Tony and Sarah loved to go drinking together, and tonight it was no different. Together they stumbled through the dunes, sharing a bottle of Jose Cuervo, just like any good college story starts. At least four frats had set up trucks with kegs, but they staggered with a purpose, searching out their targets. In the corners, shadowed from the bonfire, huddled the stoners, protecting their lit. She's going to require a lot of emotional support. Does she have a concubine with her?" No," Tanya said. "She asked her male concubine to stay at the pod during this first tour."Este nodded. "I'll talk to the concubines we have with us. I'm sure a couple can offer her some support while she recovers."The officers of Freya smiled. They filed past Tanya and me and disappeared into the pod. I was turning to head home when Tanya spoke. "You're jealous of me aren't you?"I thought for a moment. There. I broughtalong two large flasks of our favorite brandy so if we had a sleeplessnight, we would be able to have some so we could get our proper rest.'I've never seen Samuel so happy as the train slowly nudged forwardtaking us to our destination. There would be stops in Saint Louis,Kansas City, Dallas, Houston and then the border. Then we'd take aMexican train southward to Mexico City where Doctor Feinstein would meetus.'I looked at my sister, or soon to be sister, with amusement. She lookedlike.