" James bowed and backed out of the room.Lord Beadle finished his breakfast and reflected on events of the past few weeks.His plan was falling apart. ...e had maneuvered and manipulated events toward a single outcome, all to be thwarted by one man. He sorely underestimated Master Aaron's abilities. His initial appraisal of his skill certainly lacked key information. Even now having seen the results of Aaron's interference he was still not totally sure the extent of his abilities. Lord Beadle. "You bitch," he said. "Bitches both of you. Sophie was trying toescape, trying to escape in my car, stealing my car. And you musthave been helping her .... Wait till I tell ...." Shut up. And stay shut up. You aren't going to tell anyoneanything, ever. Not if you want to avoid a prison sentence, or anyalternative that Grace de Messembry might decide on if she wishesto keep it in-house as it were."David felt her body tense with fury."He tried to spike your drink Sophie. The pink gin he brought. And the terrible triumvirate has conditioning beyond even mine and they are not subject to 'brainwashing'."I continue my train of thought, "Todd, where did you receive your training?"He signs something that doesn't make sense so I ask, "Please repeat?"He signs, "Liz Morgan, that I will never tell you!"I look at Jens and Maria - they seem to be resting peacefully and so I ask one more question, "What did you give them?"Todd surprises we with a vague answer, "Something to heal them."This man is. When I saw you, I thought I was seeing things." "I am so sorry how things ended, Paul." "Shush," he said with a smile. I knew he understood, but I had felt very guilty about ending things so abruptly. Anne suggested we go for a drink somewhere and get to know each other. "I really can't drink anymore tonight myself, but I would love to hang out with you all if you don't mind." We walked up the street and ended up in front of my hotel. "I am staying here, if you all want to drink, we can just.