That explains Rocco." Yeah, and I know that now. But then, it didn't make much sense." He sighed. "Anyway, shortly after Rocco, she was taken in by he... aunt and uncle-this is her late father's sister and her husband-and she moved to Newburgh. And I haven't seen her since." You don't even hear from her, or about her?" I asked."She writes me regularly, once a month. She started about four months after she left." So, you do know how she's doing."He looked down. "I've never opened one of her. It was good she did because she was expecting the worse. When she did see him, she was surprised to see how well he looked. She passed the news on to the ladies which carried more weight with them than Father’s words did. Father arrived right on time. Clark had the car shining, looking bright and new. Charles only had one small bag as his worldly possessions he had at the front were all destroyed in the blast. He thanked the doctors and the nurses. To one nurse, Charles took her aside. ‘Miss. .. go to the beach after dark, find a spot that wasn’t too secluded but not too overtly overseen, and there to make love. No, not make love, we had all the next few days in our hotel to do that; we would fuck, and oh boy, just the thought of a hard fuck in public had us both as horny as hell.Although we were naturally both nervous, as we had never considered let alone attempted anything of the kind before, we chose a spot not too far from the busy beach bar. We threw down the blanket in a spot. And there was always the possibility that these voyagers would encounter as yet unknown demons.So even as the Crusades were winding down and the Order found itself flush with new wealth and new personnel to use in its vigilant watch and struggle against those demonic creatures found throughout the world, the Exarchs also found that their forces were being stretched ever thinner as first Portugal and then the rest of the western European powers set sail southward and westward, seeking new routes.