Her father had never permitted anyone in the family to venture outside of Burbridge once Wilhelm and his roving band of goons assumed control.She had ...ished to join her family on the trek to Wellington but her mother had insisted she remain behind. Gabrielle had not offered a satisfactory reason, in Elizabeth’s opinion, but had grown angry when the young woman pressed. Gabrielle had also balked at allowing her to come to the capital to visit with Elena.She had turned 16 while her family was. After about 30 minutes Lillian said, "We better start heading back tothe house because if we don't Elbert will send the cavalry."They walked for about 20 minutes and they got to the house and walkedin and Elbert looked at them with concern.Elbert asked, "Did you see any signs of her?"Lillian said, "No."Elbert said, "Darn, I hope she didn't venture away from the road."Regina asked, "Why is that?"Elbert said, "Those woods can be hazardous to anyone who isn'tfamiliar with them we have do have. Those who hadn’t left were already with me, a shrunken number compared with the night before, but the others had left their phone numbers and other contact information. Those who were with me were the ones who counted most, anyway, and they were hard at work now, making breakfast for me first, followed by themselves. It was quite clear that I was the center of their universe, at least for now, which was more than a little flattering for a Cajun truck driver from Louisiana.“Maybe we should get. Chief Younger walked directly to me and stuck out his hand in welcome. “Good morning Lord Terrance,” he said. His voice was not carefully cultured like so many upper crust Brits. His was what I thought of as normal, and therefore more trustworthy.“Good morning, Chief Younger,” I replied just as sincerely.The Chief waved towards the conference table. “Why don’t we get comfortable, so that I can share some facts about a dilemma our government is facing, and then ask you for a favor?” Even though.