Jade grabbed my hand, and pulled me to the dressing rooms.She sat me at a dressing table, and put a small pair of earphones in my ears. And, said, "I ...hink this will be a goodsong for you. It's 'One Hand, One Heart' from West SideStory." She pressed play on the tape recorder, and the songbegan. She then started fussing with my hair, a lot ofbrushing, a lot of combing, and a lot of hair spray. Whenshe was satisfied with the hair, she began on my makeup, andwhen she was done I looked like a drag. ‘It isn’t Slash, he sleeps inside in my bedroom.’ I told him. ‘Yea, well, I see it I will put a bullet into it.’ Henry growled. ‘If he gets over there, you go right ahead and do that, but if he is on my side you best be careful I don’t see that.’ I told him. ‘I will shoot every fucking Coyote I see!’ Henry snorted, setting down the empty can. He got up and made his way carefully down my steps. ‘I mean it, Dan.’ He said, stopping at his truck. ‘Well, I just told you, Henry. You be staying off my. Drew’s reaction had seen to that.

 How much longer was I obliged to stay here with Marco to discuss the finer details of an offer I probably shouldn’t have accepted? How rude of me would it be to fob him off with my ‘actually, I’m really sorry but I’m knackered’ excuse and leave? Probably very rude, I decided, heaving a sigh. It still wasn’t that late, at least, not by Marco’s standards. I knew from experience he rarely turned in before midnight. Could I keep going until then without. Sif kicked the dead man against the chest to free her sword and to face the grey suited man, who just drew a weapon from his pocket.Sif dropped to the floor, just as the man fired and a laser beam parted the air where Sif had been a heartbeat before. She executed a leg sweep, tripping her opponent and with catlike agility she completed the spin and followed with a hard kick against his temple. She was a woman alright, but she was also a Neo Viking, a race of warriors.Her attack was so fast, so.