. ever, really. He’d brought an escort when he’d come from Highever, and they planned to ride back to Highever before taking his ship back to Dene...im. The trip was considered extremely safe, given how close to shore they would stay, so it was with an easy heart that we prepared to bid the king goodbye.Jaro would accompany him as far as Highever, leaving us to take care of the puppies. And to my surprise, I learned the night before the scheduled departure that Cailan and Jaro weren’t the only. She began to romp around and chase her mother around the room.“Alex!! What has gotten into you!! Stop making your sister do this right now!!” Claire was horrified as she saw her eldest daughter sit up and beg and let her pretty pink tongue hang out.Claire called out the command a second time, but nothing happened.“Bad bitch!” Alex smirked.She was satisfied she had established that she was the one with all the power.Hailey had no recollection of her puppy play. She did realize she was naked with. He also had been imported from another state just to straighten out the department. I told him for safety's sake to make sure the ambulance and the prisoners were escorted by other units because the Russians would take them if they got a chance."Don't you worry about that Harry. I have several old armored cars I will use for transport. We have never lost a prisoner and it won't happen on my watch. I hate to think what would have happened if you hadn't been here today. I would have probably had. He’d met a man who had a position identical to his about five years earlier. The man had lost it after his wife died of cancer and he’d gone on a drinking binge that hadn’t ended yet. A half-day conversation with the man had made him wonder what he had been working for in his life.“When are they going to announce it?” asked Amy. She hadn’t seen anything about him getting promoted in her e-mail.“After I inform my successor that she has my position,” answered Richard watching Amy for her.