It was only when Alec stopped to see the efforts of his exertion. There were much more dead bodies that Alec would have guessed there was. He wasn’t...sure, but he could tell that this troupe was left her for an overwhelming ambush. Luck had been on his side. His armor had deflected so many blows that if he hadn’t been wearing the polished steel around his body, there was a chance he would have been overwhelmed. It also meant another disastrous moment to, the dragon knew he was here. Re-sheathing. One of them handed us each a beer and a pool stick to shoot pole. Willie said that he had been coming here for fifteen years and this was his second home. As I looked at the girls I wondered if any was his. We drank beer and played pool until it got dark. And that was when the fun begin.Behind the bar was another room with a giant stage and a DJ booth. Willie said to go in the both and pick out some music the girls could dance to. When I got up there, there was a CD player and a stack of CDs. Olivia had enjoyed being left alone. She had become fascinated by ancient history at a very young age, and she was perfectly happy to be left to delve into the past. She had even developed an archaeological bent, as she loved to learn how her ancestors lived before the coming of the Wrath of the Gods.‘Well, third time lucky, ‘ she thought. She had, in fact, had two troths in the last seven years. Olivia’s first suitor had dumped her for her sister when Karen’s intended had died. Karen had been. ”“And how am I going to do that?”“By letting me work on your problem a little bit at a time.”“You want me to hug you, don’t you?” There was accusation in her words and voice.“No, not tonight. You know even while dancing two people don’t get as close as hugging. The man has one hand in his partner’s and with the other placed on her back at waist level. The lady has one hand in his and the other on the man’s shoulder. The man does the guiding of the partner with the hand on her waist so she can.