“Why didn’t my father tell me? Damn it. What’s the use of being the DA’s daughter when you never hear the juicy stories?”Cliff’s mouth was...open. “She took a swing at Chief? And there was enough left of her to send to Billings?”Judy also shook her head. “He must be getting older.”“She got two and a half years. Trying to run over a man counts as assault with a deadly weapon, plus DUI and resisting arrest. Her daddy was nearly having a stroke in the court room. He sold his ranch and moved to near. .lets just say I need big help’ she stammered. ‘What did you do?’ he asked, while snapping his snuff can in his hand. ‘I did what I had to do, now I just need to tie up some loose ends and I can’t do it by myself. I don’t have anyone else that I can trust with this.’ ‘Well….’ he said is his slow Texas drawl. ‘Start at the beginning and I’ll see what I can do.’ Eve sat on the porch and told Will the whole sordid tale. How he had come home from the bar drunk and started a fight with her. She. Nightshade and Sage, their dragon companions, were off hunting craggy mountain sheep which they considered a delicacy; the beasts were fleet and agile and far from easy prey which added spice to the hunt.Eldrich, their warrior friend, had journeyed to a village two day's ride from the castle to see a new style of sword wrought by an experienced armorer to the Crown.Karl sipped at his goblet of mead, then closed his eyes and napped.The gentle rocking of the coach was making Princess Merry. The pirate captain replied, "Captain Jones, I am talking about the women you rescued from the Beverly. We have business with them and we want them. It is as simple as that. Heave to now!"I sent the expected mayday, for help.One of the pirate ships sent a beam weapon shot across my bow."That was your last warning".I scanned the pirate ships for unexpected surprises. The ships hand nothing that the Zeus' shields and defensive weapons could not handle.When the enemy locked its weapons on the Zeus.