.no stimulants." Pity that, I was going to ask if you'd like a coffee." Tina!" shouts Ellie. "Yer know what they said!" Put a sock in it. Honest, you'...e worse than dad." She rolls her eyes. "I'mChristina Kyte. Faceache there's my sister Eleanor."I can sense that Tina wants to be seen as more tolerant and open-mindedthan she actually is. She's the person who goes out of her way to talk tothe black guy in the room, and makes sure everyone notices what she'sdoing.But that doesn't influence my. That demon won,t. E bothering any more virgins for at least a few months!” he addressed her. “The tears now began and she collapsed sobbing as he held her in his arms letting her cry. “I,d best get you out if this rain little one before you catch a fever!” He lifted her light as a feather and easily carried her to his horse he,d tethered far enough away so the creature couldn,t smell it, lifted her into the saddle, then took his wolf skin he used for protection and wrapped it round her. “Best. “What’s he doing?”“Never you mind. What time did you start this morning?”“Eight.”“And roughly from what time would you say there were more than fifty people here?”“Right from the start. We were just setting up. There’s nearly forty people involved in the marshalling alone. Then there’s the catering, the comms, the runners admin. We have a couple of people who’s sole role is general health and safety, plus the first aiders on top of that. There’s easily fifty people, closer to a hundred. The. “Follow me.”Emily shouldn’t have gone. She shouldn’t have listened to him and she should have told him that it made her uncomfortable. But he had a commanding presence, and she followed.He led her through the crowd of people. He led her down a hallway around two turns of his large house, to a final door that led down to the basement. The basement was closer to another living room, but it was clearly his man cave. It had desk, a lounge chair, a sofa, a small library, and a glass wall to his.