I was recruited in my junior year at Stanford, and started out behind a desk. I still don't carry a gun; I don't think they are necessary. When my Aun... Pamela and my two nieces were found dead in a Louisiana hotel, I was brought in. They wanted me to have the occasional boyfriend, but nothing I couldn't easily break off.It was easy to convince my mother, I should live with her. Dad was an agent for the Company as well, dying to save his fellow agents and an important witness to a series of. "Sure, that's fair," he said. "See you later, man."* * *The next morning I bounced downstairs. "You're in a good mood," my momsaid sounding pleasantly surprised."I am definitely in a good mood," I nodded. I sat down, sipping myorange juice and buttering a piece of toast. "C'mon Mandy," I calledupstairs. "Why is she always running late?" I muttered, checking mywatch. I could hardly wait for school to be over.Mandy came down the stairs in her own unhurried way, vaguely frowning."I hate my hair,. Sandy said to me that she could get all the necessary articlesof clothing and shoes to have me looking a ladylike as any womancould. She added that since I seemed to be into this I might as wellexplore it fully to see if I wanted to appear as her girlfriendrather then her boyfriend.Well it was decision time now, so I told Sandy that I had beenwondering about this since the first day she did my hair into Frenchbraids, that day ? I told her ? stirred something inside I was veryhesitant of.Sandy. ” Her voice still low, and completely lacking in the confidence that usually permeated her every word, Raven said, “That’s what I thought when I took her there. So much for safe, huh?” “Yasmine will hire more guards, and they’ll keep their eyes open. Whatever this was about, it went wrong. Must have took a long time and a lot of gold to put this together. Somebody’s licking his wounds.” Raven suddenly straightened, and though she tried to hide it, he saw her wipe a tear away from her eye. She.