Even as I moved slowly around her, I had no idea how she’d maneuvered her leg to take me down over it, not to mention, the fact that I hadn’t move... fast enough for my momentum to carry me. Or so I thought. Obviously I had. And that gave me an idea. I needed to get close so that the grapple was achieved without her knowing which way to throw me. If I could hide my center of balance and direction of movement long enough, I’d have her because I could simply pick her up and bear her to the ground.I. His thighs and backs of legs were beginning to show some marks from Joanne’s hand and clothes brush. The young woman shook her head at having to punish her own father in this way.“I’m sorry Dad.” She whispered and watched as Jim turned his head and looked at her.It took a moment for him to reply to his daughter, through the tears, the sniffs and the sobs.“Its okay Honey. Don’t worry.” He replied before replacing his head in the damp cushion.When Katherine returned, she opened a tube of cooling. Let us go to the Sentinel of the Rifts and seek passage into the Realm of the Old Ones. It is said Invictus Rex, the first Emperor knows where it is.”--””--Mildrus Edge was a wet world, not the kind I found pleasant, but basically a big swamp and jungle ball. Due to its virtually non-existent axial tilt, the planet’s climate was was pretty much the same year round and due to the fact it was on the closer side of the Goldilocks zone, there wasn’t a cool region anywhere, even the large ocean was. ‘Hello, little brat,’ Rob opened his arms to her. Feeling a little off balance from the conversation with Stephen, she rushed into them and buried her head in his chest as his big arms wrapped around her. ‘Everything alright?’ Rob directed his question to Stephen rather than Bella who he held tightly. ‘Bella has come to understand that the other side of the third floor is more suited to her needs, but is not quite ready to deal with the memory it holds in its current state,’ he said seriously..