” I had texted him and told him what my fiancé had done while I was out of town. He wasn’t too happy about it. He had always told me John was a b...d guy. “Hey Sweetie. Mind if I come in?” He had a southern accent, not too terribly thick though. I frowned a little but laughed, “I am not decent, ya know?” He didn’t care, nor did I. We had known each other since we were kids and here we were in our 20s now. He gave me a fake gasp and rolled his eyes, giving a chuckle of his own. I stepped back from. This "house of the gods" made a big impression and those with battle wounds were the heroes of the day!Julia and Augusta put on a big celebratory feast the day after the battle; it took a whole day for the fighters to catch their breath! There were a lot of speeches about how Inks and Arlo and Jolli and several others had distinguished themselves by their valor in battle. Medals were handed out and everybody got something, if only a badge to show that they were there at the big battle.Several. He could see the tears forming in her eyes, “So what are they expecting you to do now,” bitterness creeping into her voice.“They want me to form two new squadrons at RAF Mainton; it’s about twenty miles from Aventon.” He replied.“Well that’s nice, but does that mean you have to go out more often with two squadrons?”“No it means I won’t go out ever again, I’ll be based here at home.”He watched her face as she digested his news. She was frowning trying to make sense of what he had said. “Bobby. .'"Then suddenly he yelled ~"No!"~ and went silent. I sucked in a breath. According to the history I knew, Lauren had justtrashed the equipment that our man on the scene needed to control theworld's most destructive killing machine. Even now NM-E robot would berebooting into its original psychotic program -- a program thatAladdin's techs had only suppressed, not eliminated. We couldn't expect to receive any more information from Wrath. He'dsoon intervene to help Lauren as things spun out of.