"I didn't like it. Four agents and two deputies. My dad's men would hesitate so the agents had to go down first. Two standing together; the other one ...ehind Agent LaDon."We have credible information about a threat to Sheriff Smith," Agent LaDon said. She was looking at my dad as were two of the agents. Agent Tan kept his eyes on me. The meeting wasn't about me! I stepped into the room and leaned against the wall. Agent Tan kept looking at me. I met his eyes and held them."Walk the perimeter,. I know a good shampoo that'll fix that right up... Speaking of which, there's this moisturizing conditioner that-" "Uhm, is there a point to this? 'Cause I have no idea what you're talking about." "Oh yeah. Lemme think...silence...eyes...future...Oh! I will now show you my greatest invention yet!" "Wait," said Max. "I thought you were like a chemist or a physician or a biologist or something. You invent stuff?" "Well, I didn't invent it personally. But it is an invention. And it is. I gathered that as some of the warmth between stepmother and father diminished stepson became the doubtful beneficiary of Ice Maiden’s need for an ally in the house. It is said that “familiarity breeds contempt.” Living in the same house as Ice Maiden might have meant that as I got used to her just being around, I would no longer have unfilial thoughts about her. I must admit to you, it was not so. At times Sari made it very difficult not to have prurient thoughts about her. To see such a. Ava was dying to try her hand at sailing, she had asked to learn the rigging to get up to the crows nest, but the answer she received was, ‘It’s not suitable for a lady.’ Or ‘You might get hurt Miss.’ Mendoza had navigated through the straits of Magellan several times before, but every time was unique. He looked up to where Ava was standing, her hair whipping and flowing like ribbons in the wind. He felt she was his greatest weakness, yet did not know how to surrender to it. Since their wedding.