Two women about Eve's age cornered me. One said, "Eve has turned down more dates than I thought existed in Nashville. How did you capture her?"I thoug...t for an instant. I said, "I didn't capture her. I did help her out of her wrecked car and took her into town when she wrecked after a hurricane. We became friends first. She's a great lady." Have you been married before?" Yes, Jan passed away from cancer. It was a hard battle and left an empty spot that Eve has filled. My son and his wife think. .. help me Evoneee...”Evony wants to scream out his name but when she opens her mouth to form the words the black face with oversized eyes has returned looking like it never left.“Let him go!” she screams instead. “Leave me alone!”“We cannot, we need a queen and you are who we desire,” the creature growls.As the Xenobiote inches closer, Evony slowly sides up the wall as she climbs back to her feet. Her body is shaking. She is so scared she feels like she is going to vomit. And she nearly does,. * *Oh. Too bad. I made my special pancakes, and some bacon, and I'mabout to make some eggs. But I guess you're too deeply asleep toenjoy them. Such a pity. Whatever will I do with all these tastyleftovers.* *Evil temptress! You're worse than my mother. Ok, I give. I'll beover shortly. Uh... don't call your folks just yet.* *Again? What's gotten into them?* *Well, in your mother's case...* Angel caught the overtones of adirty joke. *Don't finish that thought! Eeew! They're my parents, for crying. ”Bill thought about it for a moment then told the General, “No, at the present moment with this new threat that is posed I really don’t. We still need to weed out all of the traitors. First though I am going to have to handle this problem with the Jaguar clan. I know it would stabilize the kingdom more but with the constant attempts on my life, I think we should wait. Besides it would afford you the time to find the other three. Don’t you agree?”General Roth sighed as he suspected life with.