Shaking her head she moved into the living room, straightening up the large coffee table and side tables. No matter how hard she tried to divert her a...tention, it kept coming back to those roses. Finally giving up, she grabbed the vase off the kitchen table and sat it on the coffee table before going to her bookcase and grabbing one of her many Stephen King books off the shelf and flopping down on the couch. She settled herself in for a long read and with a last glance at the roses, Carrie. Nuru’s massive grin answered her question.Dusty turned to Rupert, “I have a ship’s crew of six from Haven, which is the planet in the Dos System. They were chasing the Farestar. I can’t stay long as I have to go get the other ship. I’ll change them all to Shifters for you.”“Thank you, the men will be delighted. It will lessen the three to one ratio we have. Just be aware that we have an initiation here. After that, the men are not allowed to force the Shifters to have sex with them. Rape causes. .." You're wondering why Joe sleeps with you if he's got someone like me at home aren't you." Nicky regretted this as soon as she said it. Although it brought out into the open the fact that she knew they were sleeping together, it did infer that she thought Maria was unattractive which, bearing in mind Joe was hoping they would all go to bed together, was a somewhat inauspicious start to the proceedings."You didn't know Joe was a chubby-chaser did you?" replied Maria with a grin on her face.. Sheila and I are going below and sleep. Wake me up at four."Sue came up to me and asked, "Can I put this rifle away now. You're going to have to teach me how to shoot one of these things. When I shot at that guy, I missed him a mile. If I had used the pistol, I would have put one between his eyes. It really scared me that I missed by so much."I gave her a hug and said, "You did good. Hearing you shoot made me turn to see the guy coming over the rail. You did exactly right. Go put all the rifles.