She didn't like how skinny the man was, how light he felt. Soon as they where inside the hut Sofie but the boy into her bed, he needed to be warmed up... he needed..She swallowed hard, he needed body heat. With bright red cheeks the young woman fumbled with the buttons to his shirt, one after one they came undone exposing more and more of his slime but well defined chest and stomach. She sighed as she felt his muscles under her fingers, it was the first time she had ever done something like this. Linda stood over my wife and laughed, ‘He’s something, isn’t he, little s****r?’ ‘I…I never…ohh…’ Tina gasped in a soft voice. ‘Well, give him five minutes and a soft bed, and you will think you’ve died and gone to heaven. How about us girls switch bedrooms for the night? Mike? Is that alright with you?’ I wanted to yell ‘No! Of course it’s not alright!’ but I didn’t. Something in Tina’s eyes, the way they were almost pleading with me, stopped me from saying what I wanted to say. Instead, I. .. we usually do,” Rachael said.“I need to get to Alliance. Hood time,” I said by way of explanation. “I’ll call her from there.”I of course, promptly forgot. I hate getting old. 29 isn’t old, you idiot. I know ... but thirty is next. Never trust anyone over thirty.It wasn’t until I spotted the Beech H model that I remembered. That’s pretty, I thought.“I am?”“What?” said Amy.“I see a FOR SALE sign on the propellers of that Beech,” I said.“Yeah,” she said. “It’s a real deal.”“Why?”“Remember that. Our situation is precarious, Jason."He nodded and gave me a hug. With a smile, I pulled him into the family room with me."Dad, Sara," I said, "We can't just head up to the mountains tomorrow morning and hide out for a week or two as planned. We need to take the battle to the Destroyer. If we don't, he'll win."Dad groaned. Jason's body stiffened with shock. Sara's eyes widened."Sit down, little missy, and let me elaborate why I think you're wrong," Dad said.I plunked onto the sofa. Jason sat.