”“Darling! Mathew disappeared to his room about an hour ago ... with a bottle of whisky in one hand and rubbing that scar of his with the other.�...Jonathon gave a little gasp for breath. “Let him sleep off whatever he has downed ... but get him up with the dawn and a pot of hot coffee in him and have him on his way back as soon as you can.”“Of course ... is there anything I can do ... shall I come too?”He heard the uncertainty in her voice, but she meant it sincerely.“No, thank you Seline .... I hope you treat him as well as you all treated me."I wasn't exactly sure what Banzai meant until one of the flight attendants came up to me and offered (with a Russian accent), "Let me explain the uses of the lavatory."Flashback – Ben – On the way to RussiaIt was all I could do to keep from laughing my ass off as Svetlana took Jack to the head and he was going to get ... well I sure don't kiss and tell. Yeah, after working my way through several of the lovely Russian and Ukrainian flight. Unfortunately, their duties conflicted somewhat and they spent a lot of time apart. Charlie, now a Captain, had to travel to perform his primary duty of inspecting food. Charlene flew at all hours of the day. She would leave early and come back very late at night. They gloried in their short time together however and were even talking about starting a family when they returned to the states.Finally the short war was over and President George "the First" Bush withdrew U S Forces. They lived,. ”Samuel nodded at me as we proceeded to move out of the room to patrol our city. Yes, just because the Untethered of this planet were on the cusp of war didn’t mean that the monsters were resting easy. If anything, the decrease in numbers of the Untethered available for patrol had meant more monsters were running rampant now more than ever.To make matters worse, the fact that mortals were now able to see monsters and witness their extraordinary powers only added to the paranoia they felt.