‘Go,’ He ordered her sharply as I strode towards them, a predator stalking its prey. The human would never have a chance against me. ‘I won’...t.’ she said, her lips set in a stubborn scowl. ‘It’s me he wants.’ ‘Nissa!’ he sighed with exasperation. I was all business as I drew another dagger. Nissa refused to move, so the human dove in front of her. ‘Go! Now.’ She took off, a little too late. I struck him with my dagger as I passed and advanced on the girl. I caught her slim wrist, and. Just you and me.” She looked at me with her mouth open.“Did I do something wrong, Daddy?”“No, honey. I just haven’t spent enough time with you and you are changing so fast that I feel lost. You have become a lovely young woman and I suddenly feel like I don’t know you and maybe you don’t know me,” I said.“Okay. Where are we going?”“Be ready at five tomorrow morning. We’ll catch the train into Chicago and come back tomorrow night.”“Chicago? Wow! Will you take me shopping?”“I’m sure there will be. She rolled the material at the bottom edge between her fingers. Emi stood still and watched. The old woman reached up with both hands and began to smooth the material over Emi's shoulders. Her hands shook slightly as her fingers moved over the silk top. Emi had looked up and was watching Angel on the other side of the room. She was standing close another guest who was also touching the outfit Angel was wearing. She watched as she saw the woman stroke her hand over the thin material. But the. Territory I threw up my hands and shouted, 'American, American.' The U. S. troops brought me around their snow bunker and waved to their Soviet cousins who had stopped firing at me as soon as I crossed the border."I couldn't get off the island immediately. There was a blizzard that day and the next. It took almost a week before the Captain of this Alaskan National Guard unit could send me off the Island to a base near Anchorage. In Anchorage, I was debriefed for over two weeks. I never though I.