At least having Meg there for the middle night had lightened the load. Tobias grinned at the memory of Meg repeatedly and deliberately drawing out Tom...to his most exaggerated spates of bragging then rolling her eyes at his ridiculous boasts.So, the third and final night alone with Tom was more of a chore. From experience, Tobias made sure to hide what remained of his best vintages and brought out a few inferior bottles. The way Tom swilled it down, he doubted he would notice as long as there. He was always well thought of in the family, a very sweet man, and was always ready to help anyone out at any time. He didn't have much, but what he did have, he'd share it with you if you let him know that you needed his help.Dan showed up at my door at about a quarter til eight, and he had Kathleen with him. From the embarrassed look on his face, I knew he wasn't happy that he had been told to bring her along with him. As soon as my father saw Kathleen, he got an angry look on his face. I was. If...if theycan breed viable offspring that rapidly, we will simply becomeirrelevant, and starve." Samantha nodded."We can breed Cambions, but they tend to be short-lived and unreliable.The Ck'uhntt will bury the Earth in trillions of reproductiveindividuals, and it will be too late by the time humans realize thethreat. It's just a matter of them remaining secret, if they mimichuman women long enough, men will gladly impregnate them, and losecontrol of the planet. They just need a little bit of. I wanted the issue resolved just as much as she did. Maybe not for the same reasons but it was the same purpose.Could I tell Agent Davis about Master PC? No. She would have confiscated my computer for the investigation and the girls and I would have been up a creek. Not to mention that the FBI would have concluded very quickly that I might have used it to do the kidnapping and whipped up a quick set of lies to cover my tracks. I just sipped my coffee and continued to stifle yawns so I didn't.