30 after she repaired her hair and make-up and dressed for dinner; she also lived in the staff quarters just behind the hotel proper. She kissed me de...ply and bounced out, happier now.I laid out my jeans and a nice shirt – a change from comfortable shorts – and settled back to catch the 6.00p.m BBC news with a beer. Life was good, if confusing, and while I tried to concentrate on the news, it was Bo who kept flashing into my thoughts. Then the guilt when Yen came also into my mind.After the. Despite being bundled up,she was totally lost in the blizzard. Her feet slipped on the icy pond thatcaused her legs to fly out from under her and slam her back against the hardsurface. "Ahhhhh!" She screamed. She scanned the area around her and sherolled onto her stomach and tried to see where home is. Unable too, she gotup and just kept heading for the nearest shore line.From out of the snowflakes that surrounded her, came little balls ofmulti-color lights. She had no idea what they were until. "My Lord...asummoning circle?" Perhaps, it's not something I can tell from here." Frowning he lookedback at the Constable."All of your men are somewhere else, correct." Yes sir, they have the warehouse surrounded but stand a block away. Onlythe two men at the side door at the entrance to the lower level areactually near the warehouse."Colonel Kinsley pointed to Sargent Owen's throat. "You still have thatamulet your grandmother gave you?" Why of course, sir." Take it out then, leave it around. ‘So, your friends bailed on you tonight, too, huh?’ Cute. Very cute. Natalie immediately promised herself that the minute he started acting cocky, she’d come up with a raging headache, or a critically-ill cousin and bolt. ‘Yeah, they did,’ she responded with a forced giggle, ‘Carly mentioned you were looking to head out tonight, too.’ ‘Sure am. Seems like a shame to waste a perfectly good Friday night.’ ‘Want to meet at Artie’s Tavern at nine?’ ‘Sounds good,’ Andrew agreed, ‘But can we make it.