She stepped down from her throne and bowed deeply to the visitors to the surprise of her court.“Welcome, exalted ones. I see my daughter was success...ul, as you are all here,” she said.“More fortunate than you know, grandmother. I am Selwyn, one of Carline’s twin daughters. Selene, my twin sister, is still in Golden City with Mother and Sharon. Mother sends her love, but she said to tell you that she and Sharon wouldn’t be coming home.”“They have decided to stay and help Wizard Ulu and Selene,. Not to mention that each VC I shot was one more that wouldn’t be shooting at me! The Battalion Sergeant Major had worked out with a Marine friend of his for me to spend a day with a sniper instructor at the Happy Valley sniper training facility in a Seabee rock quarry on the edge of Da Nang. I wasn’t going to get any of the stuff about concealment, stealthy movement, Ghillie suits—just an intense day on improving my mechanics. We worked on breathing, trigger pull, target identification … and. I couldn't move. I was alone in the house, in my room, and there was no one there for me to call. He was my brother and at that moment I assumed that I trusted him, but even so, I was scared, because I didn't understand what he was doing any more. What was going on in his head? Then, just as he finished tying my hands to the bed, he said he was going to undress me, and when he said that, I freaked out. I screamed at him and told him he was foolish and that he would get us both into serious. ’ Her voice began to get weaker and her skin cold from loss of life’s essence Bernard sighed at her stubbornness but carried on cutting through the layers of fabric until the wound was fully visible. The wound was deep but from the angle of the entry mark hardly any damage had been caused. ‘Heal it may Madame but you will be long dead before then.’ ‘Bernard you are the world’s most disobedient servant…’ she smiled graciously at him ‘And also the world’s most loving friend.’ Monique had.