There was no way that amount of wealth could be extracted from a depleted mine. He could not remove those kinds of things from the royal treasury with...ut a lot of attention that he would not want. Once they were gone he would have no way to replace them.At the time I was willing to bet the Crown Prince manipulated production to convince the King to close the mine as not being productive enough to pay the costs. This would allow the Prince to divert the production to fund his terrorist. Clay stared at the girl in front of her, and as she lookedbehind her the air pulled back from her ears and he was astonished to seethat they were long and pointed like an elves. He had always been buriedin fantasy games growing up, and had often fantasized about elf women.Seeing those ears wiped all doubt away, and he reached forward and loweredthe corset. "Oh!' Jill shrieked with delight at Clay began to rub herexposed breasts."They're perfect," Clay said in wonder."Wait until you unwrap all. Not long afterward, the landing announcements started.Christine’s anticipation spiked as the plane touched down, and she could see the same emotion playing out in her niece and nephews’ faces. All four were up before anyone else and off the plane in short order.“Whoa – man,” Dan breathed upon recognizing his cousin Angie.Christine had to agree with Dan’s assessment. Angie was wearing a gray t-shirt that fit her like a second skin and a pair of shorts that certainly lived up to the name. Her. Judy hadn’t even asked about the girls which was completely out of character. In retrospect, that alone should have piqued my curiosity but the main events were still to come.The following day was Friday. The girls and I had the house ready for five o’clock when Judy was supposed to be home but the hour came and went without either her arrival or any message to explain her continued absence.The girls were very disappointed but we persevered with our normal evening routine and they went.