Tobias began to speak some social pleasantries to Lucy, who responded politely while firmly gazing over his shoulder. Knowing that time was short befo...e they were interrupted, he rather desperately began to ask what he had practised saying to her.“Lucy,” he said quietly. “Have I offended you in some way?”She suddenly met his eyes, startled out of her cool repose and spoke with her former warmth of manner. “Oh no, Tobias!” She exclaimed, “How could you ever offend me?”He began to speak again, to. He disliked that everyone believed they should bow and scrape not only to the Heiress, previously Denae and now Bralan, but to him, too.Certainly there were some he enjoyed to see humbled when they went to bended knee in front of him. He particularly noted that Sir Torbert would often require those he disliked – the King's advisers, for example – to conduct the entirety of their business from the floor. Jorgarn had yet to go that far, although upon occasion he had felt as though he should.He. All she said formally was that a personal matter had come up suddenly that she had to deal with. A separate call to Liaison informed her friend what was happening in Laura’s tumultuous life. Liaison offered all long distance support possible. When Laura met Greg for lunch she told him about cancelling. “I am going to fuck you every day for the next three weeks and see if your cock can hold up to the challenge.” Before they left she got under his desk. Laura didn’t talk to Dan but she did call. I put the suit on, checked its energy levels and decided to top it off. The rush left me giddy and excited, but Harley stepped up as usual and took charge until I recovered.As Net read calls aloud and updated us with police traffic, I finally had to ask Bud something."Bud, it seems like an awfully unnatural coincidence, me winding up so closely associated with the family of the man behind my parent's murders." I realize that," Bud said after a moment. "If we had indeed arranged this somehow, I.