If he had to bet it would be that the two of them had been a lot closer than Duane would be willing to admit -- say, about as close as he and Vicky ha... been the last two Saturday nights. He knew he would be about equally reluctant to admit that to his son. "You're telling me I just met a potential daughter-in-law?" he smiled."Maybe," Duane sighed. "I don't know. We've been talking it over since the Smokies. We both know people aren't always the same people off the trail as they are on the. He ran his tongue lasciviously over the sole, before curling it around and inside the shoe. He stared into the faces of the people walking past as his tongue licked the insole lining. His head was tilted to one side as if attempting to get his tongue right to the end of the toe box.He broke the kiss, staring reverently at the shoe before slowly dropping to his knees. He glanced around. Then, holding the shoe up as if making an offering to the castle, he held it out in front of him and slowly. His eyes were the eyes of a berserker and he was laying about himself left and right with a double-headed axe. His gaze fixed on Gabrain and the young King shivered with the intensity of it.With two bounds the Dane was up the steps and heading directly at Gabrain. Gabrain raised his pistol once more and pulled the trigger. Nothing! He was out of rounds, hadn't been counting his shots and was perhaps now about to pay for that carelessness. He dropped the useless firearm and drew his sword,. ? ?I’m not quite sure that I know what you mean, Jules.? That he didn’t outright try to contradict or argue against her basic premise spoke volumes, and gave her the needed strength to continue with her plan. ?I’m not sure that I understand it all either, but I just sense that we need a change, something to get us going again, before we move too far apart and can’t hold on.? ?Don’t you think you’re overstating things a bit.? ?No I don’t, Ryan, I really don’t.