As always, she was well-dressed; she worked in an office and didn't like to look like a slob. A little shorter than her daughter, she was even heavier...-set, but still, even at their shared age, not a bad looking woman, going gray now -- and, hell, there was a little of it around his own temples, as well. She'd been on the chunky side even in grade school, he remembered, but hadn't gotten beyond that until after he'd come back from the Army to discover she and Joe had moved in across the back. Mr. Williams was a Colorado resident and a former police operative, that's undercover for you who don't know. The occupants of the car with the RPG were Bosnian and mercs ... mercenaries."The second car occupants were pretty fried but they were a step up on the Bosnian organizational ladder, probably sent to make sure of the others. There is a girl missing ... Williams' daughter, last seen riding a bicycle like the one in your garage. You wouldn't happen to know where she is?" I have her," said. Happy, brother mine.”I glanced down at her. “Of course I am. We found how we can destroy the amulet.”“I know,” Kora said. “We’re one step closer to dealing with the amulet. We can get revenge on Prince Meinard. We have the advantage now, brother mine. The war is about to turn on him. Rumors already buzz through Az that his offensive to the west against Princedoms of Anaopeth and Quvin have had a devastating setback.”“Yeah,” I said, putting on my smile.“He’ll be distracted. We can exploit it and. Then he felt her. There was something different about her, he decided not to turn around until he could figure out what she felt. He felt a mixture of anxiety, nervousness, happiness and fear but somehow she was able to keep them in check. He hates me, he has every right to, she thought disappointedly. She took in a deep breath and said, ‘I can understand if you don’t want to look at me,’ she said with a bit of trepidation. This caused him to turn around. ‘No, I mean, I was trying to figure out.