She has been asking for you." The Commodore told him.Marcus grinned. "I look forward to that Commodore." He said."As does she I assure you." The Commo...ore told him. "Do you have an officer in mind?"Marcus smiled. "Yes sir I do. I have trained him myself. He should be able to carry out your orders with little difficulty." Excellent. I'll leave you to your business Marcus. When your time with the Mistress is done, return here and we can discuss the results of the mercenary attacks."Marcus rose to. "Elaine, I am sure that you must have been loved by someone like that. Even Brian must have loved you at one time." She looked sad and shook her head."No, I don't think so, but to tell the truth I doubt that I ever loved him that much!" She looked up at me. "We grew up together in Barsfield. We always went around together as children, and later as teenagers. When my grandmother left me the house here, there seemed no reason for not getting married. I was sixteen. After twenty years together you. I'm going to enjoy killing you very slowly. I hope that you can last for days, but it all depends on how brave that you are." Don Alverez snorted at him. He had heard big talk before.Tom asked, "Now, how many men do you have, and where are they?" When Don Alverez just looked at him he slowly pulled his knife toward the opening between his first two fingers. He was sliding the blade against the bones of his hand. Don Alverez screamed as he slowly cut his way between the knuckles and his knife. “The reason we’re not having an open discussion is the implications of John’s status as a journeyman and Thea, Imelda and Brianna being full Mages. Whilst it’s not uncommon for a casual relationship to occur between higher and lower, it’s unusual for it to be formalised,” Róisín explained.“Well, you managed private OK. I didn’t know this place even existed until today,” Mage Imelda chuckled.“Ditto,” Thea added.“Not many Mages do,” Abi acknowledged.I sat quietly through this. I knew both Imelda.