“You saved my life. In my world, I am indebted to you. I would help you, if you let me.”“You will simply die,” Mac explained earnestly. “And...my saving you would be wasted. Leave while you can.”Lisa sighed. “Sorry, I can’t. Let’s go meet Juan’s brothers. Shall we?”“You’re willing to die for people you don’t even know?” he asked, simply not believing it.“You’re willing for people you know to die for me,” Lisa explained. “How can I do less for you? Besides, how do you know I will die? You thought. But what's been happening to Jane?See the handsome man with the stripes on his uniform sleeves walking down the aisle, talking to the passengers, occasionally? He is one of the pilots. He's called the third officer. Why is that? Well, we'll find out about that later. Right now let's just watch him.What does this have to do with Jane? Be patient! You'll find out.See us notice that he's only talking to the female passengers? See us figure out he only talks to girls or women who are not sitting. Again she had to look at the clock to remind me to get started. I felt a little like a marionette on strings, and she was the one who ran the show.The lecture today was my favorite, full of stories about real-world examples of what could go wrong and frequently did. Her laughter was a little louder today, or maybe I was just anticipating it so much it sounded louder and sweeter than last week. I couldn't help but look up every time she got the jokes that most of the rest of the class missed.. The two of you can get to know each other while we tour the estate.”••••••••••••••••Jude Darcy was laying on his bed, reading from a thick book. It was nighttime now, and the young Lord liked to read before he turned in for the night. It was a habit he had developed recently, ever since he became the new Lord of House Darcy and shouldered the responsibility of pulling together a Duchy that was falling apart in the aftermath of a costly rebellion. The young Lord Darcy found that he learnt quite.