His heavy stare was both measuring and uninterested, and Nadia's gut turned to ice. Unable to bear this, she lowered her eyes. He snapped, "Look at me...!" She instantly looked up, eyes wide. He gazed at her for few more seconds, then made a small dismissive gesture and took a step to the left, planting himself before Leonor Serrano. De La Pe?a threw only the shortest of glances at Leonor. She returned his glance with an insolent stare. The Captain nodded to himself; and, gripping the girl?s. They cannot possibly survive the artillery to escape seaward." And I assume Alcibydos can see those guns?" Yes, General!" Then why doesn't the man surrender?"There was a sudden sound from the town a few hundred yards ahead of them. Then a burst of rifle fire, very short-lived. Finally, silence once again."There's more smoke, sir," his aide whispered."I can see that. I can't take the army into a burning city! That would be crazy! He can't stay in a burning city, that would be crazy! Tell. . “My prince? Little brother?”Oh, yes. The reason why I “awakened”.I cracked my eyes open against the glare, and peered upwards at a goddess.Framed against the sun, her deep red hair seemed to glow, even though it was merely pulled back into a short ponytail. She looked down at me with bright blue eyes set in a delicate-featured face with a cute, upturned nose, and a fair but not quite pale complexion. Her expression was creased with worry, and her lips parted as if in mid-word. Her figure was. ‘You really do want to marry me, is that it?’ she asked. I had no idea where that came from, and the surprise on my face must have been flashing like a strobe light. I was still in shock as I opened the car door for her. She sat down and looked up at me. ‘Well, I guess that’s my answer,’ she said, sounding to be quite hurt. I felt like a fool as I stood there, still speechless. In the next second, she was doubled over in the car seat, laughing almost as hard as when she saw me hit the deck at.