”Ellerie nodded, an odd feeling in the pit of her stomach at the thought of the Sanvari woman returning home. Impulsively, she made a decision.“If...we haven’t figured out how to deal with those men who attacked us by the time we find Tir Yadar, I’ll stick around until we do,” she said.“I can’t ask you to do that,” Leena said. “It’s not your fight.”“Corec thinks they’re after all of us, but even if they aren’t, I’ll still help. You’ve helped me, and I’ve already promised to help Corec figure out. ’ She looked down at me from beside my chair – she held two full glasses and, smiling, offered one to me. ‘I’ve probably had enough but thank you.’ I smiled up at her and took the glass, placing my empty on the table in front of me. ‘We’ve all probably had enough. But it is a Friday night so it won’t matter.’ I could smell the sea, almost hear it just beyond the dunes that guarded it. She stood, just looking and smiling. Then she sat on the table and looked harder at me. ‘Are you watching me?’. I felt really strange to put on the street clothes I hadn't been wearing for some time and Cathy confessed that she too was feeling weird to be fully dressed.I had suggested that Cathy choose a nice dress, one which both looked elegant and made her figure appear in the best possible light, but she told me that she had gone right off clothes. Instead she dragged me into this up-market jeweler's.This was the kind of place I would never set foot in on my own. Not because I'm a hopeless tightwad,. "If that hand comes out holding a weapon, all three of you are dead." I snarled at him.His face went white and I could feel their own fear growing, in addition to what I was sending. His shaky hand came back out and held up a wallet which he opened with a practiced flip, exposing a shiny badge and photo ID card. Mr. Jones stepped forward and examined the proffered ID."FBI." he announced, stepping back towards Anya and I."The three of you are FBI agents?" I asked no one in particular."Yes, we.