“We know how to kill it.”Dey leaned backwards in her seat. One of the pilots in the front row blurted out: “How, sir!?”“Did you all fall asl...ep during your high school physics classes?” Major Desthen looked irritated. “DeVilbiss Drives warp space in the opposite fucking way. Right now, your fighters are being loaded with missiles with modified K9 warheads. Rather than unspooling, the flight crew are going to set these to dump negative energy into that fucker and turn it inside out. And we’re. It was anathema to unicorns. Since my maidenhead was broken by Willoweyes's horn, I instead gained the same permanent purity of a unicorn and became Willoweyes's mate.I leaped to my feet, my heart hammering in fear. Why was a human in the woods? All the villagers feared the woods, believing the unicorns to be terrible beasts. Behind me, the bushes rustled. I whirled as a figure burst out."Cherise!"I blinked in shock at the sight of Anton. Happiness bloomed across the man's reddish face. The man. ‘Don’t ask,’ Susan said. And then she laughed. ‘Although I’ll tell you later. it’s what brought me together with Viv’s family. I still can hardly believe that I was so forward with her—and that I ruined our plans like I did.’ ‘You didn’t ruin our plans,’ Cliff answered. ‘I was off doing worse to our Bermuda cruise plans myself.’ ‘So, do you regret we gave up our Bermuda cruise second honeymoon to be eating sugar pops as an appetizer for our Christmas Eve dinner?’ Susan asked. And her face took. “Where ... where are we going?”“It’s a surprise,” he said with a smile.As they were leaving Kyra stopped her dad. Rachel was headed to the car.“Daddy,” she said in a whiny voice, her hands clasped tightly in front of her in a cutesy begging way, her eyes flashing her eyelashes. “I want to come to.”“Sorry honey,” He kissed her on the forehead, “You’re not old enough yet.”She pouted, “Where are you going?”“You’ll find out one day soon. I promise.”Her uncles and cousins hopped into their cars,.