I know how she thinks when she is pissed and right now she is pissed. You are in big trouble."I tried to hide the fact that I was scared, but I wasn't...doing very well. Jeni came back with a drink in her hand. It looked like booze, but I wasn't sure. She just sat down close to where I was still standing.I looked at her and said, "Jeni, I am sorry. I didn't mean to say that to you."She cut me off before I could finish. She said, "Shut the fuck up you dumb cunt. I am pissed and the more you talk. How could the Reverend get the resources to move all the people and hide all the activity? Flashing her enigmatic smile, Juliet told him that half of the city council and most of the Sheriff's Department was in on the scheme. They'd been getting rich off the sale of DPREs for months.After a few hours' of restless sleep, while Arabella was in the clutches of the Bears, Simon had left Staunton to drive out to the Reverend's operation. In the back of his mind, he was worried that he hadn't heard. Mindblind's forces had swelled to twice the original size in one day, albeit with mostly untrained farmers and villagers. His captain assured him that a place could be found for the newcomers where they would be both useful, and not in too much danger should it come to a real fight.Ashtar leaned against the thick bole of an Osage Orange tree, looking a little weary. The Duke walked over to him, looking up warily into the branches swaying in the wind as he passed under them. He'd been clonked in. Attempting to hack our system is grounds for termination. Now go have fun!"The next week was one of the most relaxing of Early's entire life. It was a precious time to get to know Kristin and Mark. Early spent a lot of time in the hot tubs, and just sleeping on the deck chairs. He spent even more time avoiding other passengers. The ratio of single women to single men on the 700-passenger ship was nine to one. The only problem was that those closest to his age were either old enough to be his.