She knew her face was red. She was almost shaking with anger as she forcefully said, "You arrogant asshole. This is bullshit, and you know it. Get you... things and get out. You're fired. And take these-- GENTLEMEN -- with you."Todd smiled and gestured to the security guard as he said, "No, Jan. Like we just said, YOU'RE fired. Don't make this worse than it is." He pushed the papers and check toward her then continued, "Take your paperwork and check and go with Tony. He'll escort you to your. Reaching under the pillow for his pajamas where henormally kept them he felt something strange. Lifting thepillow he discovered what looked like a frilly black piece of cloth,a single business envelope and a tube of K-Y jelly all wrapped upin his pajamas. Picking up the cloth object by one corner he wasstunned to find that it looked like one of his mother's bras and hecouldn't figure out how it got there of all places. Just the look andfeel of it brought back the vision of his mother sitting on. Maybe he already did. Shaking his head, he put a hand on her shoulder."Damn. You OK?"Oh," she replied, voice bitter, "I'm fine. Bogdi got his arm sliced. Doesn't look infected. Got everyone else home." Good. So what's the emergency that drew me away from the other five I've been having fun with?"Shanna let out a snort."You're going to love this."James looked across the tavern.Elves.And not just Elves, according to Shanna. An Elven Princess. A Queen, too, unconscious upstairs, if only a new one. “Find her? I made her!” she said proudly, grinning, though Willow raised an eyebrow, “Mmhmm, she came home with me a couple of weeks after you first left, she was very different to uh… To she is now…” she said, emphasizing every other word with a sharp thrust that drove the air from the trapped girl's lungs in a high-pitched gasp that was muffled by the pillows, her hands clawing desperately at the sheets, Louise's hand wrapped up in her hair, pushing her face into the sheets.“So… How did you.