This morning she took her second mug of coffee and walked out to the vegetable garden which was about done for the season. She surveyed the garden. Sh...e had spent part of the previous week clearing out a large section of the garden that was done for the year. There were still a few things yielding product in the other part. Joe’s main task for today would be to roto-till the designated section of garden. Nikki put her mug down momentarily and drove a stake with an arrow pointing left. Getting. The bedrooms were on the back side of the palace itself and therefore safe from the flying glass and debris of the explosion. Without Martin Leonidas or Aricia in the bed with her, and considering what was obviously going on, For'mya had taken to going to bed fully clothed.This night it would save her life.She was stuffing her feet into her boots when the balcony door smashed open and the bulk of the seven foot tall Unsaur assassin filled the doorway, bursting into the place where she, Martin. I found Mark. He was squatting next to two dead dogs and a dead roe deer. It appeared that they'd been shot. I lined up the holes. It looked like someone came around the fence down at the beach and set up a ground stand. I walked down and took a look. Yep, there was the mark in the sand where someone had set down a bucket and sat on it. It was probably standard ice fishing gear—a five gallon bucket with a hot seat on it.The bodies weren't solid yet so it hadn't happened too long ago. I walked. ” Dave replied.“Well Ok then, we best get going or we`ll never finish, see you later.” John said and everyone parted and went back to their work.“Hey how about a cold drink first” Dave suggested as he and Steve headed back to their already huge pile.“Great idea, thought you was never gonna give us a break slave driver.” Steve said grinning.“Smart ass.” Dave replied giving his son’s ass a playful slap as They both headed back to the house, Dave sat in one of the chairs in the covered porch and.