" Someone suddenly murmured darkly across the room, bringing Nagi's wandering mind firmly back to the present."Yudai!" Came the immediate if somewhat ...ouder reaction, just as she was refocusing upon the Two Tanzuru seated there."You boys got something to say?" Nagi challenged cavalierly between bites, smiling at the two knights."Don't be shy now!" she added, now actually looking.Nagi instantly recognized both, as two of the queen's personal guard.Not part of the attachment assigned to her to. " I extended my hand and Joey shook it firmly. No sign of his preferences yet. I assumed he'd wait till he was on firm ground to acquire traits of his clan."Pleased to meet you Sir. So your car got hit by the megavolt virus huh?"I laughed. There were no hicks anymore with the advent of nineties technology."Say ... I could trailer your Caddy to the Chevy dealer in town, that'd give you a little head start on getting her fixed."Rhonda piped up."That's a great idea, Joey." She hugged him. "We have. .." I get it," I say breaking in. "No contact. But someone is still trying to kill the Kindred," I remind her, as we rejoined the main group."But why would anyone want to do that?" Gwen says in disbelief, that anyone could be so cold."Good question. I can only assume your gifted leader, Melville has an idea as to what to do about that."I look around the main area and see most folks have gone off to sleep. I wonder if I should find some place or try to talk with the leaders again and offer my. Nothing.Every block closer to our destination, my touch lightened and my hand slipped higher.By the time we reached her house, my hand half-hidden under the dress’s seam and my fingers dangling over the warm soft flesh between her legs. It was just us and felt surprisingly comfortable.I paid the driver and followed her in. The kids were with their father that night and as luck would have it, so was the dog, relieving me of my traditional chore.We entered the living room, collapsing together.