I'll get Mom to open my trust. We'll be ok."She turned to face her parents, who had stopped their dispute to listen to the couple's."Mom, I'm sorry to...blow up all of our big plans, but Gene and I have to leave now.We're eloping. There's a place up in New Hampshire that does quickie marriages. I'm not going to bed until I go to it with my new husband."Now, I have to go find Bates and get our luggage back in the car."That is, I assume I still have the car until the end of the month. It must be. If you can provide a valid reason and the authorities concur, then it’s just a simple genetic modification, plus I can control when I want to breed in the same way, it’s all genetic control, it’s how we keep the population to reasonable levels, I chose to have triplets with the kittens....”Sarah looked a bit phased, “you don’t want kittens or human children do you? I have no plans....”“ no , no , noo, er... Oh blimey no plans, I’m not the type, too young, I’m just enjoying sex... Especially. He was letting her take it all in, to have these men drool and fight over her. She did not know how he did it. How he had gotten the two of them into such a lavish party. A black tie event for the rich and famous. And she was rubbing elbows with them, most of them wishing to rub something else with her. He looked away and she continued chatting with these men, her eyes always trailing back to him at the bar. They complimented her on her looks, on her dress. The dress he had bought. "To my Prince," she had said. "Follow close behind, the gardens will destroy you if you take a wrong turn."So I had followed, and now all three of us stood together."My Prince sent us out to find you," said the Bra'rul, who had introduced herself as Oreda. "This is his stronghold, and the center of the Broken Gardens."I cast my eyes over at Jon and Alarial. Jon looked apprehensive. Alarial looked impatient.We all entered through the gate, and found ourselves in an expansive black marble.