Once she's gone, you'll see that you could never have been happy with anyone but me."It was official. Everett had gone completely off the deep end. ...Not a good quality in a woman with a gun and an inclination to use it. He had to do something drastic, but he couldn't think of what. Sure, he could shoot her, but he had no idea whether that would set off Everett's gun too. At least he could keep her talking until he thought of a plan."Maybe you're right," he told her, and Alicia glared at him. The space had a distinctly funerial feel.Tanya glided towards a raised dais at the far end of the hall. On a battered oak refectory table in front was an impressive array of cut glass decanters and silver drinking goblets. She turned to her visitor. “You like wine, I take it?”“Certainly. What is its provenance?”“The vineyards of the Transylvanian valleys, where I originally come from.”“Really? When was that?”“1879.” She glanced up at the charred roof beams. “Three years before the. ] God, I don’t know if I can take this any more! I want my Mommy! I want my Mommy, I want my Daddy, I want Samantha, I want them all! [Mommy’s been dead a long time, they all have.] Shut up! I know that! I’m not 9 any more. So you just shut up! [Make me.] I will if I have to! I’m not scared of you! You hear me? I’m not scared of… [Quiet…] Wha… what was that? [He’s back…] Oh no! He’s coming! I need to find a place to hide! [What the hell good will that do?] Shut up! [You think that maybe he. ”He complied. Before he put his suit coat on he checked the magazine of his service weapon, holstered it, and strapped his shoulder rig tight. Picked up his hand radio and tapped the key.“Echo Three this is Echo One.”“Go ahead, Echo One.”“Raptor on the move.”“Copy that, Echo One. In front in two minutes. Echo Three out.”She gestured from the bed.“On the move where, big boy?”He looked back at her.“You’re not getting up?”She laughed.“Well, yes. Except I can hardly move, you bastard.”He.