I decided to take a long hot shower and was happily rinsing off then the doorbell rang, damn it, can a man have no peace? I wrapped a towel around my ...aste and dripping wet opened the door, the lady looked shocked and certainly wasn’t expecting a naked man wrapped in a towel to answer, she cleared her throat.. “Um.. Hi sir, my name is Holly and I would like to discuss your energy supply” she said struggling to focus due to my dripping body.Now normally I don’t have time for doorstep canvassers. "Come on let's go see your new home."Brian took Mila by the hand and Dianne took Peter's and led them acrossthe pathway to the double front doors where a young woman wearing ablack dress with white trim, with a full skirt above the knee, whitehalf-apron, tan hosiery and black low-heels awaited them."Who is that?" Mila asked."That's Sarah Jennings your housemaid, although I think the modern termis domestic," Brain answered."We don't need a maid!" Mila snapped and immediately regretted. Mr Perry had told me they had punched the message through and Fleet had acknowledged it. I knew that only meant it would take awhile for them to get fleet ships here.We were only in the forest a few hours when the first Croclin attacked. We had been taking hourly breaks to rest and everyone was huddled together. I had four men with weapons watching the surroundings. My time in the forest alone was what made me jerk up at the sudden change of sounds. I expected the smell of wounded to bring in. As the room brightened, her eyes opened and she smiled up at me, suddenly it changed and her face went white. She scrambled out of bed and ran into the small bathroom to be violently sick. I followed and held her. While we were like this, someone started banging on the door. I leaned back and looked across the room and called for them to enter. Captain Able entered with Tess behind him, “We’ve had a death Charles. Jonathan and the duke both want you there.”I nodded, but quickly leaned back to.