. "Hethrensime?", only to have your thought interupted by Kethlerax."That's right, John, hethrensime. It's not a word YOU would be be wary of. Allow m... to explain... in short it is a sort of rare ritual that grants me access to your realm, within it's own limitations of course. I am granted the gift of taking one of your souls. Ahhhh.... it has been FAR too long. Being the entertainment has it's downfalls you see... and without a pet to help me entertain I am often finding myself to "be" the. "Grantby smiles at the way Thomassen seems to be organising his job for him but he only says, "Thank you. That will be helpful. I will look forward to meeting you on Monday?" Yes: till Monday. Goodbye." With that, Thomassen has gone.Grantby sits back in his chair for a moment. He is a little surprised that the Swedes felt the need to make sure the McEwans and Mrs McEwan's parents had safe passage to the airport. In his experience, victims released from a siege situation or from kidnap were not. He concluded that she was likely trying to lure his men down the narrow, forest road. The skinny trail would minimize the numbers advantage his men held. On the open plain, the machines could attack from all sides, forcing her to defend many fronts. On the narrow road, she would only have to defend one side of the armored vehicle.Max clicked the throat microphone on. "Hold back, don't chase after her. She has to come back this way. Get back into position! Now!"Vlad could barely believe his. He wasn’t sure what got his heart beating faster, the idea of being naked in front of Sandy, or of seeing her naked. He was on one side of the airplane taking his clothes off while Sandy was on the other. The front seats were folded up and they were laying their clothes on the back seat. The folded seats and the body of the airplane kept them from seeing each other. Tim only caught brief glimpses of her as her clothes came off. Each peek caused him to breathe a little faster. Tim was the first.