It stood to reason that the Church should be opposed by stealth as well as outright force. Artlam was the one that was good at the former.The next mor...ing, I had another meeting, but this was private like last night. I was sure the Church was after my head and they would try to get it the easy ways first. Using the Habstner army was simple for them to do. An assassin may have looked inappropriate before but perhaps even that would come now. Dead kings and their families sounded a lot like. I don't know how anyone would do it. That's why I'm asking you--because I think it's impossible. But, if the caravan has to go back to Accra, we'll lose so much time and never be able to deliver all the seed we need to."Thule had a sinking feeling in his gut, but asked, "What do you need?" Can you get me out of here?"The question hung in the crackling air over their phones. Thule wasn't comfortable believing he'd heard her correctly. But, he fought off the urge to ask her to repeat herself.. I had thought that would be interesting but I knew he wouldn’t go for it. When we got to his house I waltzed down the path swaying my bottom for him. I was going to have him there today of that I was certain. When we got inside I said, ‘Look, I’ll get everything ready while you shower and change, OK?’ Giving me a big kiss and a hug he said, ‘Yes, see you in a while.’ I pottered around the kitchen getting lunch ready and when he returned I was surprised to see he was still in his dressing gown.. “Good morning,” she mumbled.“Morning,” I replied. “I was afraid you’d sneak away,” she said, holding me tight. “Would that upset you?”“Yes, I think it would,” she replied, smiling up at me. As her bright green eyes met mine, a butterfly rave started in my stomach. Was I falling in love with a mermaid?“And just up ahead we have a small cave filled with bioluminescent insect larvae commonly known as ‘glow worms’,” an articulate voice said from outside the cave.”Everyone needs to be veeeery quite.