His name was Gary and I was avoiding him. I had in fact been avoiding him for days. Not because of some neighborly dispute or that he was menacing or ...reepy, it was actually quite the reverse. You see, five days prior I had woken up with a heavy head. It wasn't precisely a hangover mind you. It was the groggy feeling of not having drunk too much the night before, but making every effort to flirt with the edges of too much. As I lay there in my mild stupor I slowly came to the realization that a. He handed her the keys and then apologized for having to work, kissed her told her he would try to hurry home. She promised to have his surprise waiting for him when he got home. Dan’s curiosity was peaked and he spent the day wondering what his gorgeous bride had gotten him for their anniversary.In the meantime, Jean hopped in her new car and headed to the airport to pick up Jane. Dan had no idea she was coming. The sisters embraced and danced around each other in the airport, drawing. She smoothed her face impassive and uncrossed her arms, leaning forward to rest her elbows on the desk, steepled fingers to her lips, her brows arched over emerald eyes. Careful not to let her brother know she'd already decided she owed him one."It's an easy run, Cat, just fix a flat, no tow." He noted her non-reaction to this, rolled his eyes, and reached into his jumpsuit pocket, withdrawing a set of keys which he dangled enticingly in front of her face. "You can take the Snatch..."Her arm. This is my only option. This is my only means to get what I want."Evella said nothing, too afraid to speak.Freya turned away from her Healer and folded her arms. "Damn that Roquan," she muttered vehemently. "Damn him."Freya, of course, knew of Roquan's main transgression, that of training a Draughtless slave. But she had not known of his other, even more heinous crime until she had pieced it together herself recently.Roquan had used Amanda as a spy on the other Overlords at the Conclave. That.