She emerged carrying a tawse and a whip; she walked up to me and went down on one knee holding the items up to me."I'm sorry for attacking you Master;... I don't know why I did it." She said her head down.I took the two implements and held them for a moment before throwing them down onto the ground. I took Pauline's hand and pulled her up to her feet. I hugged her closely - noticing that I was forcing myself not to crush her — "I understand. Elizabeth explained it! It seems that your watchdog. He has a look that combined love with respect and my sister concubine glowed."It's what you wanted isn't it?" James asked.Bethany giggled girlishly. "I expected you to put up far more of a fight. I'm sure all the concubines expected more of a fight." We don't talk about it, but I think we all know we've been driving a bit hard since that call from the bloody scientist," James snapped. "I'm sure there are things we are forgetting, but we are trying to make sure that he and his are kept far away. “Hey, you two, have you been talking about me behind my back?” She looked annoyed.“There’s nothing to worry about," Sally said. “We’ve just been discussing how happy we are that you’ve decided to join us.”“Okay… but we’d better get going. We don’t want to miss the flight.”~~~~~Everything went smoothly with the flight and it was an hour’s drive to the chalet. When we arrived, I was mesmerised by the view. It was breathtaking even without snow on the ground. We unpacked, had something to eat, and. E.L.D. war hinter seinem Schreibtisch nur als düsterer Schatten zur erkennen, der es sich vor der Fensterfront mit dem nächtlichen Ambiente von New York in einem Sessel bequem gemacht hatte."Stets zu Diensten, Sir." Natascha blieb stehen und wartete auf Furys Ausführungen."Wir haben einen Anruf von Dr. Richards erhalten." Wie üblich kam der einäugige Leiter von S.H.I.E.L.D. schnell zum Punkt."Dr. Reed Richards?" forschte Natascha nach. "Der Anführer der Fantastic Four." Eben jener." Fury.