. caught a sliver in the mouth. Old Lead Lips required first aid. Another volunteer was sought to pull the string. People were hesitant ... imagine th...t.While the hunt for a sucker was in progress ... some nasty bastard had decided that harassment of the shooters included water balloons. This resulted in a rash of misfires and a hasty rewrite of the rules. Those who had to pull wet loads were allowed reentry ... ONE shot only ... no “drying” shots.Finally, there were two of us ... Hairy and. And how the hell do you know about that?”“I know how things work, Steve. Remember what I once told you about grandfather’s organization? What happened to the Beretta?”“Bethany took it away from me last night. You can imagine why.”“Shit. Maybe you shouldn’t be a cold-hearted bastard. Or perhaps not as much as I said.”“I wasn’t planning on using it, but Bethany is smart enough to know just how badly this was going to go.”“I’m so sorry, Steve. I want to fix this, please.”“It will take time. Right. Should I do that for all of them?" Charlie asked."Not all, just those that are chained up," I said.I guess he decided that he'd just take care of the prisoners first while he waited for Jane to spread the word to the others. I barely noticed the shimmering around the trees before all the chains were empty. I was happy to let Jane take care of the other details, but soon women and children were disappearing too.Ok, I'll admit I was feeling pretty smug about the semi-bluff I'd pulled off. As far. Guess that's bound to happen. Lots of hard feelings, and more than a few good men died out there." Yessir, you don't have to tell me. After what I saw them Tories do down in the Carolinas, I find it hard to talk to her father a'tall. He did better than all right, you know. Bought up some land that Maryland took when Governor Eden came back, couple of nice farms along the river including one a'Magruder's." And you don't think he's going to give you one as a wedding present, do you?"Ned laughed,.