“It is good to see you, Protector. Thank you for returning my call.”“You know we’re on first names now, Lilyana,” John said with a warm smil....Even though he couldn’t see her blue face behind the opaque faceplate, he could hear her smile in her reply. “My humblest apologies, John.”Leaning forward, he said earnestly, “Thank you for everything you did here today. You commanded your fleet with great skill and saved countless Terran lives with your intervention. If you could pass on my thanks to. But being a gentleman. I asked for her coat and offered her a seat on the couch. My laptop was open on the coffee table with a POV video playing. I was standing to the side opening the bottle of wine. My house coat was wide open. She was making a noticeable effort not to stare and it was making me harder every time she looked.away.I poured her a glass of wine and I sat beside her. She was leaned forward doing a search for a video she was describing. She must have found the video. She turned to. . but that wasn't tobe.We had just about made it to the car when a dozen men began runningtowards us with ski masks over their faces. "I'll take care of this," Itold Mom."But..." We'll never make it past them even in the car. I'll take care of it.Get Lily strapped in and Hannah in there. Leave the door open for me tojump into."Thankfully my mom decided not to argue and just started doing what I'dtold her..As the crowd approached I found six lines for a blast right in front ofthem and let loose.. Crawling through the fog of the nap, I smell coffee. I open my eyes to Maria back in the warmups, dangit.“How do you feel now?”I sit up, stand, and start walking around. Not one hundred percent but a far cry from before. “Well, spank my ass and call me Sally. I can walk, whatever you did, thank you.”“Your welcome, I know what you needed because I was there at one point and Bill did this for me. Now, let’s talk about goals. What do you want from this year?”“When I woke, I was hoping to walk.