Just the very thought of a man desiring her, holding her, kissing her, seemed to color her soul. Although it had only been fifteen minutes, she ran up...tairs to see whether Paul had answered. There was a message! Joan! Just discovering I had a message from you made my whole day! It is so good to hear from you after all these years. I would love to have lunch with you. I want to hear about your life and your family. How about tomorrow? I can come to you. Love, Paul.“Love”! Joan wondered whether. Anna had said them in the tavern after she talked to the messenger."What if we can't get back out of the Cloud City?" Then we'll bring it down."Thomas shuddered. What had she meant by those words? The Cloud City was enormous. Each wooden platform was itself a miniature city, suspended high in the air. It was older than most of the great ruling houses, built at the dawn of Age of Reason, meant to draw the world together. A symbol of peace and unity, it was also intended as an icon of military. McSwain was the Mayor of Star City before Jessica defeated him in the last election and is reputed to be a crime boss also. I figure Ramon or Tony brought him here to show off your sluts to him and maybe plan on how McSwain can take over Star City like they have here," Chet told him. "I've sent the video to your cell and Boss McSwain is the big red head with a full beard." Thanks Chet, I'm checking it now and I see McSwain, the older gentleman is the Great Illusionist. He must have gone to Star. "Just take your time and consider my suggestion," he told her. "I'm quite willing to help you get them off." I'll bet," she muttered, but she didn't try to stop him from stroking her. There again, he guessed that seeing what she was holding it wouldn't have felt right for her to complain."Alright, alright, enough already. Stop going on about it. I'll take them off but I'm not agreeing to anything else."Stop going on about it? He hadn't been saying anything. Maybe she'd been arguing with herself.