Susan was taking a nap one afternoon and Julia was in the driver’s box with me. We had been talking about various things when she said, “Jeff, I h...ve finally screwed up my courage to the point where I can actually say this: I think that I am pregnant. I have been over two months without a bleeding episode, and Mama always said that was a sure sign of pregnancy. I hope that does not mean that you are going to abandon me.”I dropped the reins that I had been idly holding in case somebody saw us. A multitude of other banners and surcoats proclaimed the knights joining the fray. Rael was discernibly different from his Brother Knights. Though a Noble of the Realm and a Captain of the Knighthood of DarkFyre Dale, Rael carried no shield, and wore no surcoat with his family arms upon them. He did not wear a suit of full plate, instead favoring a hauberk of steel scale mail covering his torso and arms down to his forearms, his hands clad in leather gauntlets with steel plates covering the. They were worthy of honour and respect. What those Nephilim did will fill me with disgust and revulsion for the rest of my days," I replied."Indeed so, Seiðmaðr John, perhaps you are right and we have been deeming these Nephilim too much honour," Torsenn said.We were interrupted by several Seiðkona porting in beside us."Who did this atrocity?" asked one of the more senior ones."That would be me," I replied firmly."What will happen if they respond in kind?" the Seiðkona angrily shouted at. He outranked her, and so it would be wise to obey.“No contacts along our route,” she replied, “no sign of any Humans.”“The Heretics are lying low,” he huffed in reply, shifting his considerable weight from foot to foot as he readjusted his weapon. “At least the Sangheili are making for better sport.”The Kig-yar laughed at his comment, Alba looking past him, appraising the corpse pile as the aliens jeered. There were at least a dozen dead, maybe more. She couldn’t help but think that the.