John was too afraid to answer. He had never felt or been this afraid in his life before. Jenny moved in a little closer. "There, there. It's okay I wo...'t hurt you." Jenny reached her hand out and placed it on John's shoulder. However for John his whole world had just been turned upside down. He was the perfect picture of a puppy who had just been thrown out in the streets because his owner didn't want him. He stood there trembling. Sweat was dripping down him. Fear started to mix with. As they approached the building, William who was acting as the leader of the guard took the opportunity to look around. There were almost five hundred armed men in the fortress, and the pirates had less than six hours to somehow dispose of them. It was now sundown. At about midnight, the Anvil would sail into the harbor. The full moon would give her plenty of light to steer by, but it would also give the fortress’ gunners enough light to shoot with. As soon as they were inside, Barak began to. The bishop was playing a careful game of cultivating both sides for maximum advantage. He was good at this game and was very careful not to get tripped up, aware as he was that he was stroking a tiger with a snake sleeping in his lap. One false statement and probably both would bite him. Still, he was adept and practised at this. August knew he had to learn fast.Tematha, he was pleased to note, ate what she was given; the food was not that good really, certainly not as good as she was used to. She was in the late stages of her pregnancy now and was moving slowly at best. Her ability to even get up and down in a chair was like watching the Three Stooges at a Saturday Matinee.I was forced to smile thinking about how limber she was still in bed and she was able to position her body for all sorts of sexual congress that my depraved mind dwelt on in the privacy of our little bedroom at the office. I often would help her in and out of the tub because she acted like a beached whale at those.