It was time I made sure they were in top working condition.I started by charging my staff. After I got lines of energy feeding power into it, I turned...my attention to my cloak. I stripped down all the spells that had been placed on it, and started over. I wanted a good solid base on it.I had just finished my second layer of protections when Mariel came in."Paul. We need to talk," she said in that voice I was learning meant I had done something wrong."Certainly. I am at your disposal," I told. There were some very high dunes along here and the train was forced to wind its way among them. Suddenly, from the top of two dunes on opposite sides of the trail, there came a hail of bullets. Fortunately for the people in the wagon train, the attackers were using smooth-bore muskets which had a limited range and an even more limited accuracy. Any target over 50 yards away from the musket was perfectly safe, unless God was singling it out for some sort of retribution.The majority of the people. She doesn’t care what I think. She doesn’t care what I want. In the middle of her rant, I’d hit the play button on the remote. At first she didn’t notice the video playing on the big screen, and then she did. Ash stopped yelling and looked somewhat puzzled at the screen. It was this room on the tape, and it looked a lot like Ash walking in to the room wearing a French-maid outfit, stripper heels, and a collar, you could just see four men in the room. Ash just stood staring and then it was like. I am not vengeful and hope to always be a good generous host. I’ll miss working with all of you, but the company has rewarded me far beyond what I could have asked for.”Forest said, “I just wanted to give you a heads up to be sure that you get all, and I emphasize all, of the corporate papers and thoroughly read them. You might even have an attorney review all of it for you. I can even have Rose fly there for you if you want.”“You know that the family has attorneys slithering out of the.