There were barracks, exercise fields, administration offices and a grave yard. When Iran began the training exercises, all the troops assigned to the ...il fields were shifted to the war games. They never returned; instead they were sent to one of the growing bases near the border.Because we wanted to avoid a repeat of Saddam Hussein’s mass environmental destruction in the first Gulf War, we had been watching the oil fields and the refineries with satellite and spy planes since the attack on the. “Do you really want me to tell you, or do you want to see it for yourself?”“Hmph… Very well, follow me.”“Darling!”“Not now!”She brought them up to her room and retrieved a jewelry box from her study. She opened it up to reveal several enhancement gems, cut and uncut, small and large, each one like the gem on Noah’s ring. Daniel stood in the corner as the fifth wheel while Noah and Cyrilo began sticking the gems onto his guitar with some makeshift glue. Noah handed it back to him. “Come on, up. We'll be together and everyone will be happy again, in a few days." Chloe's aunt hates your father. She'll never let Chloe join."She shrugged. "Her decision." I'm going to be with her anyway."The softness left. Her expression got very dark, but she still held my hand."Tyballa, I'm sorry I was gone so long, and I'm sorry about everything that – happened to you. I know you did your best, but you didn't hold the group together. And if you knew Chloe couldn't be loyal to me, you shouldn't have. I struggled to remain straight faced, as he told me the trip was off because my mother had a stomach upset. The doctor had been called.I was, genuinely sorry for my mother, but elation was lifting my spirits on high. I gave her a quick courteous visit in her room just to console her. Then I raced downstairs to tell my father that I fancied a ferry trip to Aegina.My father only paused for a second, "I don't see why not. I'll stay near your mother though."My luck changed, I quickly showered, put.