“No. Not at all. It’s just not Julia’s thing. She doesn’t need flowers or stuff like that to feel loved. I didn’t even buy her a sappy card....I chose a funny one because that’s what she’ll appreciate.”I nodded, “I suppose if I’d thought about it, I’d have realized that. She always was pretty down-to-earth and practical about things. As for your comment about Cindi, she’s deeply romantic. She hides it because she’s afraid of getting hurt. Katy, on the other hand, puts it all out there and she’s. ”“Holy crap that was it, that was the jump?” Esky said to Nads and Ace incredulously. They grinned at him. “Why the hell did we bother with the strapping in if that’s the jump?” Esky asked.Rolo laughed on his way past and said, “Because the protocols say we have to, why else?”Esky and the guys shaking their heads made their way to the helm to take over, while Sung’s team got a few hours shut eye. Sung informed them the marker-buoy had been dropped and Alison had already set in the minor course. I continued, “The Ready Response Team is dismissed. Tell the upper town they can stand down and open the gates. However, keep the regular guards at their ballista.”As one, each man kissed two fingers, and then touched them to a silver brooch on the front of their cloak. A gesture that I hadn’t seen before. Yet, I had seen the wolf-head brooch before. The cloak clasp was a popular novelty that an enterprising silversmith was making in Fort Revenge.Looking over the bow-armed sea wives and the. The day itself was pretty dull, spending the time at the pool, sunbathing and having a laugh. My plan would kick into life at night.It was about 6pm, I had just came out of the shower and Mark went in after me. As Mark was in the shower I got ready to go out. I put on my sexiest underwear set that I had. A nice black lacey set. On top of that I put on my sexy black dress that barely covered my bum and gave me a half decent cleavage. I knew this would be the dress to make Mark do whatever I.