Nobody was expecting trouble, but everybody wanted the kids’ asses to be covered if something did happen. There was no change as far as the kids wer... concerned, but the City of Silver River did sign a contract with The Silver Knights, Inc.This was a year of no hurricanes to visit Silver River, so the kids were relieved of that chore. They decided to continue their street patrols after school and on weekends until the weather made that impractical. There were now 31 pairs of kids patrolling the. “Good afternoon, NIS folks,” Mr. Campbell, our biology teacher said with a smile on his face. “We’ll get into why I have Tempe’s OBGYN doctor here when the rest of the class arrives. Mike, as a NIS guest, I’ve a chair set up beside my desk for you. If someone isn’t here, today, you can sit at their station, okay.”“Yes, Sir,” I replied and let go of Tempe’s hand to walk towards the seat in front of the large wooden desk.“There should be a few seats open, Mr. Campbell as Andi, Debbie and Julie. It's just that we don't have to start tonight. If you want, I'll wait until we're married." Oh God!" she said. "I'm being so wet." No you're not. You're being entirely reasonable and the last thing I ever want to do is frighten you or worry you."She hugged him tighter. "Could we just go to my room and have a cuddle and things like we usually do?" Yes, darling, of course we can."Hand in hand they went to Victoria's room and he could feel the tension draining out of her through her hand.She. Lacie gasped in horror as she beheld the marks that seemed to cover half of Claire’s body. Deep, jagged scars criss-crossed Claire’s legs and back. The long, ragged lines cut across each other, some of them partially obscuring her tattoos. The flesh along either side of her ribs was pitted with small circular burn marks, likely from lit cigarettes that someone had pressed to Claire’s skin. The skin along her upper back had a large number of small, shiny patches of burned skin that had healed.