I’ll bring your bag over here to you.” The conductor told him as the four young men looked from him to Eli.“He knows your name? Do you ride the ...rain a lot, Marshal?” Jubal asked.“He knows me when he sees me, I reckon. All the engineers, conductors and employees on the railroad know where I live though.”“Do you live close to the train station, Marshal,” Roy Curtis asked.“No, I live on a ranch called Crow Ridge outside of Tulsa, you’ll see it in just a few minutes,” Eli told him and they all. There were two dots that represented where we'd exit the sewers, and a further dot where our 'targets' – the people we were to bring back – were. "I have confirmed that the targets will be in their apartment from 6 pm onward, in three days. I have further confirmed that he is committed to go, so the actual risk will be minimized. You must be in position by that time, the lights will only go out for a few minutes." Right, Io. Zeus out."We passed the information on to Zhengfu."Did he really say. I wrapped my arm around her head and pulled her to me, and I kissed her. Our lips locked and our tongues intertwined, and in that moment I knew that I needed her even more than I had previously imagined. We kissed, passionately, without regard to those who might walk through the door at any moment, and I could taste her lust against my own. I didn’t just need her, I had to have her. Those of us who have had this sort of kiss understand the difference. I could tell you about what followed. I. His strong hand had firmly clamped her mouth shut, stiflingher first scream. His hand had not been brutal, simply enough strengthin it to quiet her. His other hand held ready to strike her, had madethe consequences of further screams clear.She had tried to say something, when he let go of her. Still dazedfrom the drug, trying to think of something that would helpher. Inquiring into the where, the what, the who. His hand had againgrasped her jaw, then, silencing her. For a short moment resting.