We’ll be living on the lake when we get married.”“Oh Gramps, I love you so much. I love the water and being in the country. Will you come live w...th us - now that you’ve given Allie your house?”“No Hon. I’m not living with two wild-ass newly weds. I’m going to build another, smaller house a few hundred yards from you. Don’t worry, there’ll be plenty of trees for privacy so you can run wild and naked all over the place.”“Gramps, I was just thinking of doing that very thing - how did you know?”“I. * CHÂTEAU D’ESPOIR IS NEARLY A SHELL of a building and many of its wings burn or completely destroyed. Bodies of both Black List and Black Dragon are strewn everywhere where the majority of the bodies belong to the Black List. More of the new and strange creatures walk precariously through the ruble and ash, searching for anyone that may still be alive. A squad of soldiers, led by Natalya Rhinheart, stomp over debris as they infiltrate the main portion of the manor. Natalya snickers to herself. The jukebox was playing George McRae's 'Rock Your Baby' - the owner kept it stocked with early-seventies music - and as we danced I couldn't take my eyes off her. The next record was Michael Jackson's 'Ben', and she immediately moved into my arms as it started up. The incongruity of slow dancing with such an incredibly beautiful woman to a song about a rat was not lost on me.As the song finished, she looked me in the eyes and said:"Enough foreplay. Come back to my place now and make love to. Tal waited for the fight to begin before moving up to Karen. For a moment he thought he was going to have to do something sooner because one of the dragons had come up to Karen after she had been sick. The stupid got close enough for her to work her will on him and he got up and left but only to see what was going one on the other side of the camp.Tal came up behind the tree that Karen was tied to and cut the ropes holding her to it. "Karen, be still for a few moments more then I'll cut you.