In a moment, her wrists were loose. ?Move it,? said Paul. He led thegirl away, into knee-deep sagebrush. ?Myra, get behind these rocks andkeep low,... he whispered. ?I've got to stop these varmints fromgettingaway.??Alone???I'm not alone.?Not alone?She looked around. Under the feeble first-quarter moon, it was hard tomake out much.All at once, Grant let out an Apache war-whoop and started shootinginto the air. Supporting fire came from somewhere nearby. Whoever wasbacking up the deputy was. "You idiot," Iyelled at him, then reached for the nearest object I could find, theclock radio, ripped it off and threw it at him.I was rewarded by a cry of pain and the sight of him falling off thebed. He reappeared with a hand pressed to his temple, stained red fromthe impact from the clock radio. "You crazy? what was that for," henearly yelled as he reached for his underwear and pants."You know why, this is why Anniek never got it on with you, get out,get out and don't ever talk to me again,". " Well, if a woman like me would be standing here like this, then I wouldn't be surprised by who else might be interested in the same taboo." Now you're getting it," Meredith winked."God, I'm so nervous. My hands are shaking. Were you like this your first time also? I mean, you do this also right?"Meredith smiled, "It's a funny thing. Friends of mine always complain that they hardly ever see their k**s again after they move out, and they always ask me how I get my two boys to drive back home. .. 'She was surrounded by enormous trees that towered high over her head, held upright by thick, bulbous trunks – if that was what they were. As she gazed at the nearest giant, she frowned, trying to grasp what was different about these oversized... 'This is a fucking weed! This isn't a tree! And it's a hundred feet high ... Just how far back am I?'There was no answer, of course. No Praetor existed in this time to respond to her question, and that realization created another rift in her wall of.