Over two years a full brigade was raised and equipped. Most of the force was still under training when a new financial year saw major budget problems ...ithin the US government and military structure. Funding for expansion of the RRF was removed from the following years’ budgets when a decision was made to keep it at its current level until further notice. The decision was a win because many wanted the unit to be disbanded, but it was retained as a separate Special Forces Unit of only one brigade. .” She pointed upward. “Demons were created to manage Hell, but to shepherd souls, which are powerful, the demons had to be made powerful as well. To keep the demons in line, The Deal was created. It restricts a demon’s powers in certain ways, like limiting succubus’ and incubus’ soul sucking abilities to a kiss. It also keeps the demons confined to Hell until a human summons them, but then the summoned demon is under the human’s control. When the human dies, their soul goes to Hell and the. ”We climbed into her car as I loaded the table into the back seat. “How was work?” I asked her, knowing she usually couldn’t wait for Friday to come from working agonizing ten hour days.“Ugh, it was awful; I was working alone from lunch on.” “I know the feeling, when I’m on register in the morning, I’m there for seven hours alone and I have to beg someone for a lunch break. Fucking retail.”I listened to the Lady Gaga blasting from the car speakers and hoped to myself that tonight wouldn’t be. Eventually, we split, changed departments etc and I had less and less to do with her.Fast forward to 2 months ago, she's now married with two c***dren and we're working back in the same team. We've spoken on and off but just passing conversation, nothing about our past etc. I'm then asked by my boss to work a Saturday to catch up on a backlog of work, I arrive at 9am and she's sat at her desk. For an hour we say nothing then I ask if she wants a drink, she does and I go get two coffees. On my.