In the end, she broke out in giggles."For the record, I am — at the very least — your girlfriend," she whispered in my ear."Duly noted," I replied...in a soft tone. "I honestly was trying not to offend you. Gail asked who I was here with and I immediately pointed you out. Shelly volunteers here and she asked her aunt to accompany her tonight. I didn't want you to get upset if I described you as something that made you uncomfortable. Face it, I was in a no-win situation."Carrie actually seemed to. She punched random codes into the pad, desperately trying to get out.Seconds later, Nikolae came striding into the room; he looked angry.She glanced around the room, looking for another way out, as he made his way up the stairs.“You can’t leave.” He said coolly.Unable to find another way out, she darted around him and back down the stairs. He lunged to grab her but missed.Now he was really mad. No woman had ever said no to him. He would have this girl whether she liked it or not.Lily ran. . BANG ... BANG! Four more sheets of paper were shredded.I then announced to the crowd that I was hesitant to demonstrate the FRAG-12 rounds because they were so destructive, and I asked what to do. General Isrult stepped out from the crowd and ordered me to continue with the demonstration. I saluted and loaded the 8-shot box magazine with one, each, of the three FRAG-12 rounds that I had available.I selected the target farthest down range and fired the explosive blast grenade at it. When I. Ellis curtly told him, "Get me Doctor Balmond on the line." The screenwent black for a little while before it lit again to show a skinny manin a white lab coat. "Yes Mr. Pratt, what can I do for you at this hour?" Doctor Balmond, how far along are you with that experimental anti-MORFSserum?"The doctor squinted his eyes, "Still in the early testing phase. Why doyou ask now? I was going to give you a full report next week."Ellis leaned a bit more to the screen. "My second and only son left tome.