.."... " ... catch the tide..."... "Limehouse Pier..." she related.In one sense, to my annoyance, Mace and Mbute had considerable assistance from me. ...he girls had been quite helpless; strapped, hooded, gagged and caged so that they could be left while Harwell and I were visiting Sir Bristow. If they had not been secured so, I am sure that Horatia and the girls would, together, have resisted the intruders. However, that was not the case. Horatia alone had been easily overcome. All that Mace and. I killed no one myself, but there were times when I feared that I might have no alternative soon.The weeks continued to fade into the next weeks, with the casualty lists growing longer by the second. Unfortunately for the Coalition, there were far more Militia to spare than "warriors of God". The zealots died hard, but no one took their places in the trenches. Position after position, bunker after bunker, and barricade after barricade, our side gained more territory.The Coalition made its. He says he doesn't want us to be considered lesser participants in any way. Isn't that right, Alex?" she asked, looking at me as if challenging me to dare refute her claim.Man, was I feeling put on the spot. I really didn't want all these women giving up their lives for me, but they just weren't giving me any outs."Yeah, that's my position," I said with a heavy sigh. "If I invite you in then you're a part of the whole scheme. But that in no way means any of you are obligated—" Yeah, yeah," Cate. S I continued to stare at the door to the bathroom that Cloe had just gone through, I could still hear my sister laughing at me. Then I heard her sharp intake of breath, oh crap she'd obviously gotten to my deep thoughts of Cloe, I told my sister a little more forceful than I meant to.