.what was left of it. All that remained of the priestess' lovely face was her right eye and brow, the swipe that had taken the rest of it away had tor...n all the way down to her waist. Her armor was in tatters and the parts of her that had remained in contact with the ground were stained in blood.Alexander reeled in shock and looked around again, calling out to his companions, "Yumi!? Xavier!? Helena!?!" But there were no replies, as he looked he recognized pieces of his friends scattered around. This Tuesday works for me, say around seven.”He smiled and slipped the card into his wallet, got up and as he poured himself a cup of coffee, the phone rang.From the number he knew it could be either Nadine or Callie. “Hello,” he said answering the call while setting the coffee cup on his desk, and then sat down.“It’s me,” he recognized Nadine’s voice, and replied, “Hi, Nadine. How are you?”The last time she’d called him she wanted a reprise of their earlier tryst, but he had declined and she’d. "We'll take my car," she said as she strode up to greet me in the hotel lobby."That shouldn't be necessary," I responded. "I believe a car is being sent." Oh, I'd be surprised," she said. "It would be most unusual for a Council Minister to show such..."We were interrupted by the arrival of a bell hop. "Your car is here, Sir," he said. I smiled and thanked him."I am impressed," said Cora and we headed for the door. As we got there Cora paused and swept her scarf up across her face."Is that. Then she'd be staying to work at the IBC Tokyo branch while she attended school this fall. Instead of going to her parents' home after work, she took us to a seafood restaurant down on the waterfront. We had oysters, calamari, and pasta with clam sauce for dinner. I was pretty amazed when Xan decided she liked the calamari, and especially the aioli sauce to dip it in. I think she ate most of what we ordered."Can I come to your hotel with you?" Addison asked us. "We don't have to do anything..