"Both. I hid that I had my period a couple weeks ago so now I'm not allowed to leave here until..." She gulped."Am I really so gross?" Yes!" she said ...mmediately, and then relented. "Well, no, you're not, but...oohhh..." She turned away."What?" It was incredibly boring in the cage, especially since he hadn't had sex with any of the girls in days, not even Makayla, who was still on her period, but Jason was genuinely curious now."I don't like men...that way. I like...girls." Joan turned back and. "Lon eyed her. "You might as well say it..." Love..." Jean mused for a second on the word and its meaning to her, then changed up: "How about sixty-nine, for starters? That will get everything nice and wet..." She draped herself back on the bed."Sure..." Lon wasn't used to winning arguments with women -- but you don't look a gift horse in the mouth, either. He arranged himself on his side opposite her, lifted her leg, and zeroed in on the feminine aroma...It took him all of two seconds to find. The Vigilants are under attack everywhere. The vampires are more dangerous than we believed.”“And now you want to come running to safety with the Dawnguard, is that it? I remember Keeper Carcette telling me that Fort Dawnguard is a crumbling ruin, not worth the expense or manpower to repair. And now that you’ve stirred up the vampires against you, you come begging for my protection?”“Isran ... Carcette is dead. The Hall of Vigilants ... everyone ... they’re all dead. Isn’t that enough for. Boots, tents, packs. No firearms, no sense standing around wasting time arguing. This is California. Wait until we hit the Nevada line."We peeled into Cabela's and got a checker's attention. I gave him fifty to pile my quickly-scribbled shopping list on a cart while we went for boots, underwear and socks. We were out of there in a half hour--a new world's record. Just down the block was a California National Bank. Virgil slammed the truck into park and ran in. He was back out within eight.