Mona asked how it had gone and I told her it had seemed easy and that Maggie had complimented me. I was about to leave to meet Chaz when the phone ran...g. "CSIRO, good morning ... Yes, ma'am, he's here. Just a moment." She pressed 'Hold' and said: "Sue." Can I just take it?" She nodded."Good morning, Sue. What did I do now?" Morning, Gordy. A little bird phoned me over the weekend and told me I'd been complimented in Darwin. I have my spies everywhere."I laughed. "Even outside Western Australia.". "Joerg was met with Ursula on the same evening, in her chamber. She was furious, livid with anger, over her situation. She had heard the rumours about her future husband, but after meeting him, she had dismissed them. Faced with the grim prospect of a life without love, she contemplated open rebellion, even at the cost of being sent off to a monastery if she refused the marriage vows."How can they do this to me? How can he vow to love me and cherish me? I almost wish the mad soldiery in Rome. As they were observing the passage, a faint sound echoed from within the darkness of the inner halls.A old looking man shrouded in a large cloak joined the stage.While some of the guardsmen on the walls were watching the spectacle the old man was heading straight for the aspirants.Nobody spoke a word, it was forbidden to speak with each other before and during the ritual.The old man slowly pulled back the cape of his cloak, white shoulder long hair came to surface, he also had a small white. On the surface Trent Hamilton appeared to be the average high school nerd. He was always reading, never bothered to socialize with anyone, participate in extracurricular activities, or even date. Trent was constantly being harassed by the parade of jocks that seemed to rule the school and everyone in it. Even the teachers would often look the other way while this badgering took place. What was odd about this situation is that Trent could have easily put an end to his torment, if he really.