"So what are we going in?"Then began the second, unspoken, Halloween tradition, the flipping ofthe coin. "Alright," said Mike. "Heads, my car, tails, ...ete's."The shinning silvery quarter spun in the air before it landed in Mike'spalm, he slammed it down onto his forearm and peeked underneath. "Pleaselet it be tails, please!" I prayed in my mind. Mike's jalopy was thirtyyears old and I didn't really trust it anymore."Heads it is!" Mike belted triumphantly as he slid the coin back intothe hidden. Major Mainwaring will be second-in-command to me at Mamboie Ford with his Australians and Lieutenant Rham with twenty Gurkhas. Major Sultar will be in command of Mamoie Ford with eighty hunters and Gurkhas. Captain Tartrha will command at Tambar Ford with eighty hunters and Gurkhas. Captain Stanley along with Lieutenant Norris’s gunners will be in charge of the guns and the defence of them with his Home Guard.“I don’t propose to fully man the outposts until the last minute. As far as the. Two of the giant doors leading out to the loading docks were open. One truck was being loaded with pallets stacked high with boxes, cases of DVDs I assume. Another truck was backing up to the dock. Before my view was blocked I saw something that turned my blood cold. Dave hadn't mentioned when he took me on my tour yesterday that there's a barn out back with a corral full of horses and pens with various other farm animals. Just knowing they're there was causing me to suffer a panic attack.I. ”A hand landed on my shoulder and dragged me onto a seat, a blade severed my bonds, and the flask was put into my unbound hands.I took a long, satisfying, swallow of cold, fresh, water, and then heard the sound of a tinderbox being used. A glow grew into a bright light of a lantern, held in the hand of whoever it was seated next to me in the carriage.The lantern was hung on the roof of the cab, and due to the motion of the carriage, rocked back and forth, sending shadows dancing. Giuseppe de.