“Considering the strength of the Invictus’ defence grid, as soon as any strike craft close to medium range, they’ll be obliterated in seconds.�...“I hope they come after us! I’d like some target practice with the upgraded Pulse Cannons!” Faye exclaimed with a bright smile on her face. Suddenly she frowned and darted an anxious glance at John. “Oops! Was I supposed to pretend that I wasn’t looking forward to shooting organics?”He smiled at her and shook his head. “I don’t think you offended anyone.. I wanted to scream and jerk away to get his filthy hand off me, but the fear of Cody being injured reduced my resistance to a whimper as I turned my head away. Tears started streaming down my face, soaking the blindfold. The man gently wiped away a tear and started running his hand through my chocolate brown hair. Youre very beautiful, he said. Your boyfriend is a lucky man. I ventured a whisper. Please, just do what you want to me and leave. Please, I dont want us to get hurt, Ill do whatever. The basic requirement was that it would be safe to live in and the house fully met that criterion.The $10,000 that he had set aside to repair the house was nearly gone. The last little bit of work would wipe it out. The delays and harassment in getting past inspections had driven up the cost of repairing the house. He figured the bribes and rework had added an additional ten percent onto the real costs. Now he was at a point where he’d have to dig into his pockets to pay for all of the. She looked at me sideways, I don't think we had ever actually held hands before.I saw Keira first, she was sitting by the window talking to a group of girls I vaguely remembered from school.She excused herself, came up and kissed me and Pepper on the cheek. 'Hey guys, we've been waiting.''Hunter needed Dutch courage.' Pepper explained.'Nice you got my back.' I muttered.Keira laughed, 'come on, you two. People are waiting.'It was funny to see how the dynamics had changed since I was away. There.