I waited a while longer until i thought they would be far enough into the trees not to see me. Then I crossed the meadow as quickly as I could without...looking strange.I had lost site of them and after a while I stopped to wonder which track they had taken. Then as I stood quietly I could hear a faint voice. Hers. Then his. He was saying insistently, 'yes all of them, no one comes this way on a Sunday.' I wondered what 'all of them' meant as I crept slowly in the direction of the voices. 'How. The town still had power, so street and walkway lights began to glow. Except for the lack of students and the silence, the campus appeared almost normal for an early evening.Back in the apartment, the newly augmented family gathered in the living area to plan the next day. Mishka decided that a trip out to the Home Depot on Old Epps Bridge would be a good investment of time. He proposed that Susan and Josella poke around and see if they could find some fruit trees, berry vines, and other useful. Why did...” I glanced at Ceaith, who had been eating an apple at the time.“Huh? Oh, it was part of the surrender contracts,” she said, licking her fingers clean of juice. Which was by far, the most common action I’ve ever seen Ceaith do. “After the Regency glassed them.”“No!” I looked at the chieftain. “No, the surrender contracts are null and void as of this instant. All you must do is pay a reasonable tax, uh, and not attack the cities, or their caravans.”The chieftain frowned. “Yes,. Her hair was still a little damp, hanging in ringlets around her face.She waved a hand at the remote and moved to the opposite end of the couch. "No, I just want to relax. You can watch something if you want, though." Nah, I'm fine," he responded. It was all he could do not to blatantly stare at her as he put the remote down on the coffee table.With a little groan, Marie sat down on the couch and spun on her bottom, pulling her legs up onto the couch."Let me get out of your way," Zach offered,.