Maybe that would work. He clicked on Start,then red icon that shut the PC down, and waited as the computer did itsthing. He figured that a restart wou...d do the trick, as it didn'tautomatically connect to the web after a restart, so he could run thespyware and anti-virus stuff he had BEFORE the stupid pop-ups came back.Moments later, it powered back up, and Ryan waited for Windows to finishloading, then clicked on the Norton icon. As soon as he did, though, ithappened again. And this time, it. I never mentioned having found her secret map. Perhaps I had been the problem that drove her to a secret meeting in the woods. And what had they done? Probably climbed a tree. Played pirates. Gossiped about their friends. Had a silly argument that drove a wedge between them. Maybe about church.I tried to lighten up.That was easier said than done. And during her freshman year in high school, she began to talk about dating. I understood the social pressure. It seemed to move downward every year.. .. talk." He reached down, picked up her bag and offered it to her. "As a show of good faith..."Merrigan looked at the offered bag. She almost recoiled from his reach, and when she felt Adam's presence behind her, her throat closed up, making breathing almost impossible. She fought to keep her panic at bay, and suddenly had a lucid thought. With shaking hands, she reached for the bag."You don't need to be so nervous," Tyson said. He held onto the bag as she tried to take it. "You're acting like. ”“It doesn’t matter,” I said. “You must send reinforcements to the front as soon as possible. The army at the capital is closest.”Then Sven will have nothing between him and sneaking into the castle to slay my father.“It won’t work,” growled my father.“But it must,” I protested. “It’s the—”The anger burst out of him again. He twisted his body and struck me with his arm as he turned. Pain flared in my side as I stumbled back. I crashed into his chest of drawers. The wooden furniture creaked and.