Each time she threw it again she had to wrestle it out of the skinny dog’s mouth. She crouched down and, trying not to stare, he’d watched the mus...les in slender legs become defined. Long legs and olive skin and a constant bemused-looking smile as she and the dog played. The first time he’d seen her her hair had been wrapped up in a twist and he’d had no idea how long it really was. When he saw her again, a week later, it had spiraled down her back in curls that landed halfway between her. Lisa came out the door behind me. ‘Are you okay? You’re bleeding!’ She pulled out a handkerchief and dabbed at my forehead. ‘You need to go to the hospital.’ I holstered my weapon. ‘Screw that! He was right here! In Calvin’s office! Why?’ I waved her off and started pacing. ‘We need to call Galveston PD and let them know. They need to take over on this and search his office.’ I pulled out my cell and dialed 911. In a few minutes I had passed the details into the hands of GPD dispatch. The first. " It was the turn of the ACs to be without words.There was a brief time of hugging and good-bye-ing and such, and then the three of us took our positions in the Meriah I and took off for Arnis. As Yerowl shrank to a tiny spec in the black sky of space, I wondered if we'd ever see it again.We translated up through seven dimensions over as many days, and then down through seven dimensions in about one-and-a-half times as long. Apparently, down-phasing took a little longer than up-phasing. Each. ’ From his slouched position at the cherry oak kitchen table in Jean’s leased house, Aidan squinted open one eye and scowled at his friend. He felt like hell. His head was pounding and he had the worst case of cottonmouth in recent memory. Taking in Aidan’s disheveled state, Jean laughed good-naturedly. ‘Too much champagne, I take it?’ Aidan snorted. ‘Who the hell gets a hangover from champagne?’ He ran a hand over his face and groaned deeply as he felt the night’s growth of stubble on his.