Melisandre offered her an icy smile like she was a child who didn’t understand anything. “I was done. I am reborn and renewed and in the Red God�...s graces,” she said.“There were times you look like you enjoyed it,” Daenerys observed.“There were times you looked like you envied me,” Melisandre said.“I checked. There is no way you could see me through the mirror,” Daenerys insisted.“I see beyond this world into other worlds, do you really think a parlor trick like a one-way mirror can fool me?”. ”We finished getting ready and grabbed some towels, both of us lost in thought. I locked up the house and we walked down to Mark’s, slipping around the side of the house to the back entrance to the pool.“So you’ll be okay if I try again with Joe?” Bethany asked before we got to the screen door.“Yes,” I said and rubbed her shoulder. “Do what you need to do and I’ll still be your friend.”“Thanks,” Bethany said as she shot me a relieved smile.It didn’t take long for Bethany to pull Joe into the. He’ll be here in about a week or so to be a teacher for all the young’uns around here, even the Cherokee.”“Marshal, I didn’t know about your wife, I’m sorry to hear that. I just assumed your wife was one of the women at the house.”“No, I reckon I need to introduce you to all of them. They’re my women, Mr. Claymore. I love ‘em and they love me.”“Marshal, you don’t have to explain, I have no problem with you and your family. The way I see it after meeting all of you in Kansas City, you have more. She felt self-conscious at first, but then she lost herself in hereloquence. She talked about Samson getting drunk. She talked about Lotgetting drunk. Mostly about men getting drunk and then women takingadvantage of them. The men watched her sermon with rapt attention.After she was done, a young boy, probably 17 or 18 came up to her."Hey Kahoa, you know what I did yesterday? I killed a shark. Did itwith my bare hands. I mean, and a gun. And I'm not 100% sure he died.You know? But I did.