“Who could be here?” he asked.“There shouldn’t be anyone here,” Elizabeth said as she set down her suitcase. Deciding the music was coming f...om the kitchen, Betts walked around the corner to find her sister busily making something.“Margaret,” she said. “What are you doing here? I thought you were going back to Lubbock.”Surprised, Margaret spun around. “You’re home!” she shouted and ran to hug her sister. “I forgot what time you were supposed to be back and was just making nachos for an arrival. The sun had broken through the fog and suddenly the silver hills were shining and looked like islands in an ocean of fog.“Oh my.”“I know.”“This is it.”“What is it?”“Mick, this is a picture of how I feel around you. This is what my love for you looks like.”I wrapped her tightly in the blanket and pulled her head against mine. We watched the sun burn off the fog, and watched as the silver islands of the hills seemed to rise above the fog ocean. When the spectacle was done, she leaned her head to. “You've never tried to seduce a queen,” she said. “A woman who rules with more domination than you have in you.” She shifted. “I don't mean to make that sound like an insult. You dominate perfectly, but Queen Athirmi is a tyrant. She inflicts cruelly and suffering on those who displease her.”“Mmm, she does,” Naryu said. “You must be careful around my mother. Guard what you say. She will seek to gain any advantage she can while denying you anything to use against her.”“I'll be careful,” I said. " Wren taunted her brother.'You little bitch! You'll pay for that! I want all weapons to fire now, destroy that piece of trash." Thomas was shouting."I'm afraid that all weapons are down," came a voice from off screen."What!? Get then up now, or you and your entire family won't know another day!" Thomas was almost shouting."Tsk, tsk, sounds like someone is having a tantrum. I'll fix that kiss my a..." Wren started to say the started to curse when her brother's ship moved away."After them we.