“We did have our fun,” she said with a twinkle in her eye. “Chris got all Moral Majority on her, too. That’s what really pisses me off about h...m - he started out seemingly cool, then revealed himself to be a jerk. OK, I think I know how to approach her. Give me a few days?”“Sure. No huge rush, but don’t let it go too long. After all, the two of you are the main sources of revenue for NIKA. And speaking of that, who’s going to handle your job while you’re on maternity leave?”“K will. I’ve been. ’ ‘They’d catch you within minutes,’ he said. She heard the sorrow in his voice, and her soul ached for him. ‘Dead end. And it’s all my fault.’ Her eyes were wet with tears. ‘You could…I mean, I can’t escape, but if there’s no way out, I…I think I might rather be dead than live like that. I don’t want them to put me under and brainwash me. If you-‘ ‘No,’ Burke said. His eyes were suddenly wild, filled with a manic hope. ‘That’s only if there’s no way out.’ ‘But if we can’t run, and we can’t. Started walking down the stairs. This had become a routine too, so I was nonchalant again. How short-lived that nonchalance was to be. As I reached the first floor and was about to walk down the final flight of stairs and descend to the ground floor….. what was that? A car’s noise? Yes. Please don’t let it be for my wing, please don’t let it be for my wing. Damn, it was! The car stopped right in front of my wing and some people got out.I could hear voices. A male and a female. I instantly. Humanity had spread out across the world in clear domination of the other species. The unknown continent had been discovered and colonized; I will miss the natives, they amused me. My people, where have you gone, "Brothers of the Blood heed me!" I broadcast my thought across the globe, and waited for a response. A response didn't come, "Children of the Night hear me!" this time I was not seeking an answer; a modern man would call it similar to sending out a radar sweep. I was looking for the.