"Not a damn word. Said he'd been told to keep his mouth shut. But he must not have done anything wrong, because he's still on the duty roster." Well, ...ike I said, I've got nothing to hide. Go get some rest. I'll see you in eight."His first shift back went slowly, partly because he had a light load, but mostly because when he wasn't actually working on something, all he could think about was Riley and Curtis. Riley, mostly. He missed her, and there was, quite literally, nothing he could do about. If they were going to live here he told her they needed to adjustand try and blend in. And in Iowahousewives did not sleep until noon.Annabelle was arrogant, vain and superficial, but she listened to Sal. She wasalso from a crime related family and although not a criminal herself she knewwhat these animals were capable of. So she got up and quickly through on herrobe. Next Sal wanted breakfast. He saidit was too early to go anywhere or order anything so since Annabelle was up shecould make. Ray takes their suitcases to the master bedroom and then removes the dust covers placed over the furniture throughout the cabin. He ponders playing house with his daughter over the next couple of weeks with a little uncertainty. The last three years have been wonderful. He loves being with her and hates knowing that she is fucking other guys while she is away at college. But another part of him knows that eventually she will fall in love with some guy and they will lose the closeness that he. ..until a century ago, that is.A century ago, from the seas to the south, a somehow floating land-mass came. It floated through the air, surrounded by dark clouds and looking to be as big as a small island itself. It floated to the edge of the southern shores of gnomish lands and then it sank down onto the shore. It sank down and became as one with the land to the south. It landed and then the clouds cleared to reveal a darkened woods surrounding a great, foreboding citadel crafted from ebony.