‘So things are going well between you?’ Heidi hesitated for a brief second, but Ben seemed to catch it. ‘Something’s wrong, isn’t it?’ he...guessed, ‘I thought I saw it at the wedding. The briefest flicker of doubt in your eyes.’ Heidi looked away. ‘You can tell me Heidi,’ Ben promised, ‘Look how long we’ve been friends. You can trust me.’ Heidi looked back at him and her eyes were pained. ‘Let’s talk about something else,’ she begged. She had had enough of dealing with her emotions for one. So far, so good.He went to his closet and took out the box with the other equipment.Dave Halleran poured a little more oil into his hand and then continued massaging his wife's right calf, working his fingers deep into the muscles."Mmmm," said Sally. "That's very good." Almost done," he said. He had been massaging her for almost an hour, starting with her neck and working his way down, and his arms and shoulders ached."Remember, you have to spend plenty of time on my feet," said Sally. "It's in. I didn’t have time for the bodies; however, as badly as I felt about just leaving them exposed to scavengers and predators of the forest, I needed to find a secure place for Bo and me to spend the night, even if it was sleepless. I spotted a ledge about 12 feet above the ground with an access for Bo on the left. I led him up and found a ledge in the granite that was about 5 feet wide at the widest and tapered to nothing a little further. It would be perfect for the night. Tomorrow I would. King Odar had re-dedicated one of the rarely used audience rooms. There was no throne, just a large horseshoe-shaped table that could easily seat thirty people. King Odar sat in an upholstered chair at the apex, and his closest advisers had seats to his left and right.The Queens, starting with Regula, flanked him to the left side, whilst the Princes sat to his right. The Royal Ministers sat next to the Princes and a few select people sat next to the Queens. Most of those were military.