"What about Dad?"She wrapped her arms around my neck and sobbed.I hugged her to me. "Mom?". My heart pounded. Please no. Please."Mom?" My voice cracke....She wailed. "He's ... he's Dead!"I buried my head in her shoulder. Oh God.I pulled my head away. "What happened?" He went to the store to get some bread for dinner. On his way home, he was car jacked." She steeled herself. "They shot him in the head. They took his truck and left him laying in the street."TreFual, in uniform, stood by my bedroom. .Then, I was younger, more rash. The life of a mercenary suited my nature. My only commitment was to my current contract. My only loyalty was to myself.I went where 'now' took me, and did what I was hired to do. I lived by my own honor; I saw myself as Ronin - the master-less samurai. I would not take a life purely for money, but there are many reasons for a man to die.The 'now' took me around the world. Beirut, Belfast, Azerbaijan. They all began to look the same to me. I began understand why. ..Guess I better get back and meet with Daniel...Will and Leaf had joined up with Company A and were clearing the cave system of Torrent soldiers it had been easy so far but they had learned from a captive an Army from Torrent was on the march. They were due in a week.Dainel was plotting or rather making plans. A runner had recently arrived from A company and reported about Torrents Army on the march.. There wasn't much time so he had the rest of his army on the move. It was almost a pincher. His lips covered hers. Warmth spread through both of them as their tongues emerged and dueled. The kiss finally ended and, breathless, they studied each other. ‘I…I’ve wanted to do that all day,’ Helen gasped. ‘Me, too,’ Joe replied, his voice tremulous. ‘It was worth the wait,’ Helen said, then he pulled his face to hers again. The second kiss was just as wonderful as the first had been. When it ended, Joe scooped the woman up in his arms as if she were weightless, carried her to the bedroom,.