“Kal is out there,” Ria growled with as much threat as a woman her size she could muster, “and he is going to fucking die because you think we a...re playing some kind of fucking game. It’s. No. Fucking. Game. The man you and me and Perra and Kuto and Ikuno and all the others love is about to die because the person I went to for help thinks this is all some kind of fucking prank!”The sprite’s eyes went wide with panic as she realized what she just said. “No ... no, I can’t...”Sera jerked her head. Permission both granted and withheld simultaneously. They were devastated, both of them. And so, he was forced out of her life. Daily, the princess would take the fastest horse and ride to the furthest points of her kingdom, seeking word of her sailor. She sent messengers on horseback and in the fastest ships in her fleet. Finding no news of him, she would walk to the beach, no matter the weather, and climb out onto the furthest rocks with the wind streaming her beautiful green silk dress and. She never noticed the car that followed her each night, the men inside noting her movements, keeping tabs on her for their boss. * Jerry climbed over the balcony of the apartment, the sound of crickets chirping somewhere in the hot sticky Spanish night, and getting out his tools from his pocket he picked the lock of the double glass doors that led to the apartment of the couple who right this minute were partying down at the small club half a mile away. From his past couple of day’s. ‘What was all that noise about?’ she asked. ‘Oh, Ma, don’t get us started again. I’ll tell you later,’ I said, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand. ‘Well, the three of you can’t eat sittin’ on the floor like that. See if you can stand and we’ll use the card table I brought along. I got some lawn chairs too. It’ll be like a picnic.’ ‘Yah,’ Shelly snorted again. ‘A picnic in a garage,’ she managed as she started to laugh again. It took every bit of effort by the three of us to gain our feet.