He began to mutter and it was hard to catch his words but Lottë caught the important ones: darling, precious, my Lottë, love. Then his arms went rou...d her tentatively as though searching before finding her and holding her to him fiercely."Oh, Lottë, my darling. Never leave me. Please, darling, please."Her hands went to his cheeks. "No, my darling," she said her voice breaking. "Never, never, never!"She shook his head. "Never, never, never!" she repeated. "Uncle Robin, wake up and take that in.. Marie filled him in on what happened once they came on the scene and what happened while Seth was out. She decided to leave out who sent them there."So do we know who it was or what it was?" asked the King.The King couldn't miss the sidelong glance that Marie and Seth gave each other."Out with it, what do you know, or suspect?" asked the King."Your Highness, Dusty, our Battlemage, believes that it was things that shouldn't be here in this land. They might possibly be weapons from his land that. The problem was the metal detectors at the airport; after removing everything from my pockets I was still setting off the sensors. It was determined after removing my belt and boots that it was the metal snaps on the shirt and I had to submit to a quick frisk by the security people. Linda and Virginia had gone through the same thing and were not happy about it either.We discussed this during the flight and the flight attendant informed us that we would not have to go through another security. "Your sisters will shield you," the commander took a moment to look about the room and gather the ladies together with a smile. "And your brother will protect you," Sheila nodded in my direction and stared into my eyes, her thin lips an unreadable line. I tried not to flinch as I returned her laser stare with an uneasy and neutral smile. My abdomen tightened. The teardrops in the leader's eyes sparkled as she blinked and she parted her lips and grinned the easy smile of the kindred. All eyes.