Sophie squinted through her glasses in the late afternoon sun the house towering above her. It was a sickly pale timber structure, the wood in places ...reen with mould. All the windows were either boarded up or covered with slatted wooden shutters. She tried to keep her pants down to a minimum her world getting darker and darker by the hour.The cops pushed her ahead as she carefully climbed the veranda steps hands tied, sore tits thrusting under her sweater, her hair down her back like a long. Juana stood up. “Mmm, pretty lady, let's go.”“Huh?” I gasped as she grabbed my arm and tugged. “What?”She dragged me out of the room. I stared at my daughter as long as I could, panting and shuddering. Then we were in the hallway, both Juana and myself naked. Her small breasts quivered as she led me the few steps to the door to the mirror room. Juana put her finger to her lips, the international gesture for quiet.She slowly and oh, so carefully opened the door.I trembled as we crept into my. . three minutes and ten seconds from... Mark!... '"First Officer Tshegh." The Captain's voice was as calm as ever. "Prepare to fire if any target presents itself. Hit them before they recover from the confusion of their jump."At his console, Joerd Tshegh nodded, all of his attention centered on his board.'... thirty seconds from... Mark!... 'The screens stayed clear... Stayed clear... "Third Officer Korsun, report!" Inertial guidance tracking. Capacitors charged. Ready for jump."Third Shift. . “We don’t have any spells left. Or rather, useful ones.”“That’s not true! I still have the Starlit Eyes of the Ysiphine,” Ashryn chimed in.Thanks for that input, but I don’t think Detect Magic will save anyone’s life.“I’m sorry, Theodore, but I can’t let someone suffer because of us.”I sighed. “Well, yeah, I didn’t say we weren’t going in there, just ... let’s be careful, alright? Voss, you and Katriana are doing the heavy lifting, are you going to be okay?”The other fighter chuckled. “Yeah,.