“So, you think what she did was just because she’s jealous of me?” she said aloud.“I think so—we’d often flirt a little, in the kitchen, b...t she’d said that I’ve been distracted and wasn’t flirting as much anymore, so we went on the ‘date.’”“It sounds like she enjoyed herself. The part I don’t understand, was if she was so horny, why didn’t she do what it sounded like she was ready to do—instead of chickening out?” Marie wondered.“She had her hand on me and gave me this hickey—see! So, I. So the wedding consisted of Lilith’s little entourage of what looked like bubbly ex-cheerleaders (though from the way they looked at and touched Lilith and each other, it was pretty obvious that they were more than just friends), plus Courtney, then Thomas and the judge. That was it. And in spite of what appeared to basically be an elopement, Lilith had insisted on the incredibly expensive wedding dress she was wearing, plus the bridesmaid’s dresses, plus the decorations outside... Lilith. Most spacecraft from Valentinium were equipped with cloaking and glamour capabilities – both to conceal the vehicles when they were in flight or on the ground, whether they were intact or not. They were confident that someone from their home planet was on Earth. Unfortunately, after the reports from the people of Emporia the only other thing they had to go on was a few of those reports mentioned the sighting of a tall, golden-haired man walking south on a narrow dark road near the site of the. .. no, I need to bring him down another way, as well as the high Guardian. There cannot be anything really linking all the other cases. So, this has to be handled differently and I shall deal with them, in time. Believe me, they’ll learn that debts should be paid, in one way or another.”That was as close to a command that Elise would ever give us - and I also heard it as a warning. She would take care of this in her own way. In a way, I felt sorry for that man and his family since I knew that.