The improved trade in Wyrd’s region means more resources flowing into state coffers, and more coin for his political gain. Efram wants more power an... sees you as his stepping stone.”“That is like saying a shark is hungry. What you’ve said is no revelation,” Julie quipped.“The crown doesn’t investigate the like of Efram unless his revenues are declining. On the trip here he bragged that his district’s tax revenue are higher than average. Efram thought it was his influence that got him on my. John pointed at the keyhole. “We’re going to unlock that. We think it might be another Door. Get ready.”Her eyes widened, but she obeyed quickly. A head toss, and she’d divided the line of men. She took one side, standing behind the men while Hal took the other half. John kept Rorik with him, but spread the Captains and Ranveng in line with the Adepts.Word traveled up the stairs, and those who camped along the first section drifted down to peer into the room. Other Watchmen who’d been sleeping. My first call was to Blevins. "Hey you fucked up old man, you want to do me a favor. Let me buy you breakfast?" I said into his message machine. "If not today, then tomorrow."He picked up the phone at that point. "Helen's at 9." He said it, then he was gone.Strange, I thought. I washed my beat up body and scraps of hair. Once I had removed any dirt that might have attached itself to me, I examined the skin for an breaks. The sensors would tell me if there were any openings to the air. I just. It’s one of the reasons that we pick somewhat older men to marry the designated daughters, because by the time that the daughters come of age, the father of the bride is then old enough to seek retirement and abdicate the leadership of the family, much as Henri has done. It helps if the groom is bisexual, of course, and versatile enough to Top as well as bottom.“By tradition, the father of the bride continues to advise the new head of the family, to assist him in breeding the women and.