I saw the glint of metal under more than one shirt. But their demeanors weren’t aggressive towards each other, and it felt more like preparation aga...nst assassins or an attack from the outside than fear of fighting within the Landsmeet.Riordan, Zevran, Wulf, Sten, and Dougal stood behind Aedan and Alistair, with Loghain half-hidden behind them. I was somewhat surprised to see him there, but supposed that Cailan could benefit by his tacit support. None of the nobility had openly declared. At Thomas's first touch, Sally's muscles initially tensed up on pureinstinct from her being caught in a moment of weakness, but she quicklyrelaxed and leaned into his chest as she enjoyed the momentary fantasy ofbeing just a traditional housewife and mother with her handsome husbandcoming home at the end of a long hard day. Of course, consciously Sallyknew she could never give up her career for a fantasy like that, butthat's what made it a fantasy. She reasoned that plenty of people enjoyedthe. Mr. White was something of a fan of physical exercise punishments, and while Violet was by no means out of shape, fifty punishment burpees were still more than she could handle comfortably...Violet walked out to the middle of the hallway, glancing down at the dirty, well-scuffed linoleum floor tiles. Best to get this over with...Violet raised her hands over her head, jumped in the air, dropped down into a squatting position, placed her hands on the floor, kicked her feet back, did a push-up. ”The show returns to the station studio and the news reader gives the details of the injuries sustained by those in the car before going on with the rest of the news for the night.After the news is over Mack turns to look at Hammer, who grins and says, “The reporter got onto the Internet and found some stuff out then he rang here to ask about the farm, Ann, and you. We gave them a lot of background material but insisted they don’t quote us as a source unless we get to see the final product.