The wolves simply did a task I would have had to do, if I were to remain king."Tomar also explained that there had been a queen, Elf's mother, who had... died in childbirth."You saved my Elfgwynne, Ponkert, or whatever your name happens to be," the king said. "My daughter is more precious to me than this whole planet--which is why I celebrate. I owe you a lot. Now tell me about yourself."Ponkert briefly recounted the various adventures that had befallen him since the emergency landing on Keller.. I just thought it would be fun. And it was believe me.It all started one hot spring day when my son Jimmy came home from school with several of his buddies from High School. "OK if we use the pool mom?" he called as they hit the front door. I walked in from the kitchen to see Jimmy and several of his friends. I recognized them all except for this one kid. He was a little taller, more mature looking than the others, and he was the best looking young man that I had ever seen.I'm no "romantic" any. They'd have been our sword arm, united with us to maintain the status quo, and kill anyone that threatened it."For a thief, this sort of betrayal was understandable, if not quite acceptable to me. I'd betrayed business associates and other thieves before for less. The guildmaster thought of himself merely an extremely rich businessman and loyalty alone would never prevent him from taking a profit wherever it could be found. The honor of thieves and oaths were of secondary importance. Heck, who. I honestly did. I'm going to go out with him Saturday night. I have to talk with him."I couldn't believe this, "Andrea if you go out with him on Saturday, I won't be here when you come back. I won't come back no matter what you say or do. It'll be over between us. I can't take this again. It'll kill me."Andrea's face had an utter look of disbelief on it, as if this, she had in no way, anticipated, "Conner, it's not that way. We're only going to talk. That's all. Even if there is something.