”We waved to Elroy as he left. Jethro came running up about then, to see what was going on. I gave him a pat on the head, as did Jennifer. He walked... over to Hannah, sniffed her a couple of times, and then sat down with a little whine. “Ah, aren’t you the sweetest?” She gave him several behind the ear scratches and otherwise petted him for a minute.He gave her a quick lick, then ran off to chase a squirrel that had dared to invade his land. “Cute dog,” Hannah said.We started hauling the luggage. "Anyway, lucky for us, he didn't hear everything, and came to me to check, see if he can help us work through…whatever." She told her brother, seeing the relief in his eyes."And what did you tell him?" Chris asked."I told him it was nothing and we'll get over it, but you and I need to be on the same page." Jessica told her brother, looking at him as he stared at her intently."You nearly gave me a heart attack." Chris exaggerated, his heart still beating loudly. "And uncle Shawn bought it?" he. I am just going to run some diagnostics and then I'll be finished."The phone rang and Marla left to answer it which gave me some time to open the bookmarked pages. They were all stories about older women and teenage boys. It had to be Marla's bookmark, surly Janie or her dad wouldn't read stories like that, no it had to be Marla's page. I closed the program and turned off the computer. I went out and found Marla in the kitchen starting dinner. "All fixed Mrs. W." Oh that's great Ken. How much. I briefly wondered if the Maker (or whoever) had a sick enough sense of humour to put me in Zevran's tent, but then I looked again and saw a tiny statuette by the pillow. A dragon. Oh for the love of God.I sat up, looking at my boots and jackets with satisfaction, then finally crawled out of the tent. Alistair was sitting watch by the fire, and he jumped when I emerged. I gave him a dirty look, which shut him up nicely, crept across to Aedan's tent, and crawled in. He woke as I entered, and his.