?She sat down on the floor, her hands covering her face. Everything was spinning inside her head, and her legs simply didn’t seem stable enough.?Whe... do I need to decide? she asked, not even recognising her own voiceHe looked at her expectantly, than answered completely coolly?I’ll give you five minutes?It felt more like he had punched her in the stomach. She hugged herself, as she sobbed on the floor. All her friends, her family. Her job, her life. She worried about the pain, the humiliation. That meant if it went well they could go back to hers, which presumably felt safer to her. And she had a dog, she had made a point of telling him.Degsy’s Friday dragged. Jackie’s was busy but her mind wasn’t on the job. When she got home she showered immediately and was ready far too early. She poured a gin and tonic and thought about checking the site, then stopped herself. Maybe that one night had been enough. She should see how this went before looking for something else.She was wearing the. This time, Jashul braced himself nervously, but thrust as hard as he could. The edge sliced through something soft-ish again, before skittering along something harder underneath. It slid up, flaying the thing’s entire cheek open before puncturing an eyeball. As the flap of skin folded back, and the retina was exposed, the Dvergyr could finally see their foe’s bones and internal tissues.The thing was thrashing about, teeth scraping on John’s armor, trying to find any purchase.“Throat! Slice its. Alert! The vehicle receiving the microburst has been identified. I have notified and advised your security people against direct contact.”“Nick seems to have other ideas. A man posing as a parking lot enforcement officer is checking cars for parking permits. Tagging those that don’t have them. The tags have a tracking microchip. FYI your vehicle has been tagged. What’s more, is that the surveillance is parked next to yours.“What? That seems pretty cheeky of them.” I thought.I asked, “Okay, you.