Well it is rather short notice..." she begins, "but we're having a bit of a get together at my house tonight. Just a few work colleagues - not all fro... our department - and spouses. And, well I thought it might be a good opportunity for you to meet people. Of course I perfectly understand if you have other plans." Erm no," you mumble in surprise, "I'd love to come." Oh, that's great," she replies - I'll message the details over to you."Its quite a mixed group: Myself - and my husband, Gordon,. Hello, Joan," "Louise I just wanted to see how things were going." "Couldn't be better, I estimate two, three weeks at the most." "So soon, I spoke with the agent yesterday, the Sheik has upped his offer to 2 million on the strength of the photographs." "That's great news, I think we'll get 3 when we've finished. By the way, we've started him on the new batch of pills, and he doesn't seem to be showing any withdrawal from the reduction in drugs. I don't suppose you'd care to tell me your. ”“I know.” She smiled. “But you certainly became a bull in bed last night and in this barn and that’s what woke me up. I felt your passion and that’s what I want in my life, passion. I think you’re amazing.”“Thanks.” I smiled and looked into her green eyes and noticed tears forming as she lay next to me, her strawberry blonde hair splayed on the hay. God, she’s beautiful, I thought. I didn’t say anything about the tears but suddenly realized I had to get back to the dining room. I wasn’t sure. I had to be at least five hundred feet above the level of the Armon River and the city of Maurur, as I could see the smoking towers far away in the distance. There, somewhere, was the room I had lived in for the last two years, and the barracks that had been my home for five more. There were the corpses of the last Knights of the Wolf, the last but for me. There was my family, and I might never know if they lived or died. I turned east.The forest of Ligues stretched out for leagues upon.