Your name is Herbst!”“In English, Autumn, yes.”“It was you! You called me here!” I exclaimed.“In a way, yes.” she replied. “My friends...helped.” She turned, arm outstretched, palm upwards to indicate the delicate creatures that were seated on the rocks around us, thin faced, beautiful women with sharp features and darting, blinking almost black eyes. Their light brown hair was short and flat to their heads. They also wore cloaks of a fabric that looked a lot like small brown grey feathers. Some. "Greetings CommanderLorrna Shaye," responded Duke."C, Commander," Lisa Ann extended her hand.Lorrna gripped it in a friendly hand shake with and a big smile."So My Grandmothers Truck has been found. Duke, welcome back to the FreeUniverse." Y, your Grandmothers truck?" Lorrna saw the sudden fear in her eyes."Not any longer, please rest assured Duke is yours by right of freechoice as well as a gift from my Grandmother, Shasta Shaye. And no onewill challenge your ownership."Singer became aware of. I wondered if Renée had been that 'she'. It seemed likely. None of the really weird stuff started until after I met her. My life had been boring and lonely until that night we had together. Now it was anything but boring and lonely.What bothered me was why she chose me from all of the guys on the campus and surrounding city to be her protector from the person or group that had abducted almost a hundred women and completely avoided the police? Convincing me that I was the kind of guy she desired. My head rested on the arm of my couch, my eyes shut, my feet resting on the back, a comfortable feeling resting in my stomach. It had been a long week and the conversation tonight had been long overdue. The laughter had made my sides hurt, my face ache from smiling. But still, the voice on the other side of the phone left me aching for more.I felt it pooling, low in my stomach, though he was long gone, having needed to get up early in the morning, his family life calling him. Truly, mine would.