My delightfully immoral Aunty had amischievous smile on her face and whispered in her most amenable toneof voice, "Now little lady, I want you to meet...my good friend Haroldwho volunteered to stand in for Herbert today. I had shown him some ofyour romantic pictures as he had helped me out with Herberts wardrobeand as a result he insisted on helping us out today. I think you twoare going to become very good friends so go sit with him and give hima sweet little kiss."As soon as I did Harold. ”Anna hugged me tighter for a few moments in silent response before sighing and looking up at me. “I still don’t like it, mi Pablo. Too many things can happen when you’re traveling alone, especially in rough country. Please be very careful.”I nodded my head in agreement as we continued to hug each other for several more minutes. All that time I was trying to remember when the last time I’d traveled alone was. As we broke the hug, and Anna opened the door, I finally remembered that the last time. " And that assumption would be right. How about you?" Pretty much the same. Mom and I were talking about grabbing lunch.Maybe do a little shopping." Ah, cool." You wanna come along?" Na, that's alright." I replied. Honestly, I might have liked to, buttruthfully I was starting to feel a bit guilty about sucking up so muchparental attention over the last couple weeks, especially consideringthat on a certain level they weren't really my parents."You have any idea when Dad and the rest of them are. I could hear Heddy once again laughing behind me.The snow seemed to turn to smoke that swirled around me for a moment, and when it cleared we were inside some form of stockade. Thankfully, the sun was high in the sky and very warm. I looked around at the crudely-built fort. The walls were made of logs buried in the ground with their pointed tips reaching for the sky. There were a couple buildings near the walls. A large open square made up the rest of the area. A naked woman was hanging between.