????????????????? ?What’s going on here?? he questioned. ?Where are you taking me?? Trying to rein in his nervousness, he realized they were not goi...g to a police station. He looked out the window again, and quickly discovered that he was lost. He had no idea where they were, and had not paid attention to how they got here.????????????????? ‘Okay, think,’ he told himself. ‘What can I do to gain control of this situation?’ Locked in the back of a police cruiser with his hands cuffed behind him,. ‘They actually used it?’ Amy grinned and nodded while biting her lip and looking down, she matched his exuberance with shyness. ‘Page 42,’ she handed him a magazine. John flipped to the page and saw the photo of Amy, the one he took of her overlooking the Hudson Valley, sweat beads visible on her brow, a look of determination on her face. The photo took half the page, and underneath was an article. He looked up at her in surprise. ‘I really didn’t think they’d use it. But they did.’ ‘Let’s. How is your boss not your Alpha? Do you not obey him?”“It’s not the same as what you’re describing. I could quit my job if I wanted to, I can choose not to obey, and there would be no violent consequences.”“Maybe not violent ones, but there would be consequences. This house of cards of work and debt that you’ve built around yourself would collapse, and you’d be left destitute. You understand that it is in your own best interests to obey the orders of your employer, a Borealan recognizes that it. I don’t even know when he died or got sick or whatever.”Hank sighed and said, “Crap, that sucks. Ok, Petty Officer Lowery. I’ll let this go this time. If I find out you’ve been blowing smoke up my ass or if you ever disgrace the Navy like this again, I’ll drop the hammer on you for sure. Now, get your clothes on and come out back. We’ll have coffee, then we’ll have some breakfast before I take you back to the ship.”The Master Chief and his wife turned away and headed for the back patio and.