He went to the pond and splashed some water on his sweaty face and back, then went to check on Ariel. She was awake, laying on the bed. She smiled as ...Jack came through the door. He took a cup from the shelf and scooped some water from the bucket for her to drink. He sat on the side of the bed and helped her sit up. She took the cup and slowly drank the fresh cold water. As Ariel sat up, the blanket slid down, exposing her luscious breasts to Jack's loving gaze. She made no move to pull it up. They bow at the waist to her. ‘Good morning Princess Rhoswen,’ they both say in unison. They open the double oak doors for her. Her slippers whisper across the stones as she makes her way to the dais. She takes her seat on the left side of her father’s throne. She fixes her skirts around her then looks up at her father. ‘Will we trade with her kingdom papa?’ He turns his attention from the doors to Rhoswen. ‘Perhaps. It depends on what they have to offer.’ He looks to the doors catching. Frank saw the man get up that Béla had knocked down, then little dots were appearing in her naked back as she held her body between Jake and the stranger.‘Holy shit! He’s shooting her!’ Frank realized, suddenly fearful for her.He reached under the bar for the hundred-and-fifty-year old Peacemaker he kept there. He’d never had to use the ‘Gun That Tamed the West’, and had believed, until now, that he’d never need it.Frank watched as Béla protected Jake from the bullets. Then their attacker threw. ”Ted perked up and said, “Shit, yeah, Jenny come with us. It will be great. Next year when Carl graduates, it will be the four of us back together again.”Jenny furrowed her eyebrows and looked at me, “You and your dad planned this little talk?”I shrugged and pointed to a smiling Ted, Carl, and Dad.“All four of you cooked this up?” Jenny asked accusingly.I was about to say something when Carl interrupted me and said, “This is how it is, Jenny. If you don’t go with them, I will be so worried.