Lynn did not see Tani as she licked her lips and again tasted Lynn's sweetness.Tani addressed the group, "I know you are all tired and dirty and want ...o stop this. People we must train and learn to survive or we will die, I don't choose to die."They finished their days training without further interruptions. Finally the first group was trained to Tani's satisfaction and she started on the next one. She trained each group including the original adults even Steve until she was satisfied they knew. Finally, he decided to sail it to San Cristabel and park it at the wharf the former pirates had used. If he held it long enough, it might be worth something when sold in Los Angeles.Stanly and Capt. McFadden were sorely disappointed with their luck north of San Francisco. It looked like it was the Channel Islands or nothing, so they started looking at what might be found nearer home. The addition of the shotguns to his arsenal made Stanly much bolder; he felt that they could more easily attack. He could barely look at me. I think it was because I looked so much like her. And then he started drinking ... I think it was just to make the pain go away. He never used to drink, and you'd think because of the way Momma died..." She broke off at that point, and buried her face in her hands for a minute as the tears came back, and her breathing turned into ragged sobs.She stopped crying in a minute and looked up, wiping her face with her hands. "After about a year, we were in pretty rough. "Didn't I get rid of the Hag and the Sergeant?" You're not the leader," the praying woman said. "Bianca is in charge, and she does not mind a different point of view."Bianca smiled at me, "She gives a good sermon. Nothing against you; it's all about holding on to hope and goodness no matter how evil the world has become."She looked down the street in the direction we expected the wolf pack to come. "I know you've done some things out of necessity. I've had to do some things out of necessity.