"Elizabeth stood at one of the windows in her studio watching Lizzie and her little brother Brett playing in the back yard. It was hard to believe how... quickly time had gone by, Lizzie was now ten and her brother five, Elizabeth took pride in adding to their wild hellion ways as their father Mike put it. She knew she should be out helping with the picnic, but she just wanted to put some finishing touches to the sketch she had been working on. Chuckling to herself, as she washed the charcoal off. "Um ... Mark? You know you told me you sensed the female Grojan you had bonded with?He spun back round to face her, eyebrows knitted together. "Yes?" Well I know who she is." You do?" Yes, it's Varna, the captain of this ship." Minara noticed his frown deepen at her words."The murdering pirate who usurped the crown and is now locked in the city jail?" Yes, the very same." Minara had hoped for a more positive response to her revelation, she fisted her hands. "She's not as bad as she seems you. Eric had said that it was a nickname for Penelope, and she had agreed for that to be the baptismal name. That way, they had both taken part in naming what would be their child.She learned to change diapers. The pregnant women of Elizabeth Circle practiced on the babies that either were brought to the circle meeting or woke during the meeting at the hostess’s house. Candy had changed Betty’s Steve and Grace’s Beatrice before either was two months old.The women were a necessary balance for Eric,. .. And everyone else.“Austin Bryce, aged nineteen. Rather young, yes. Fruit of a drunken bar screw between yours truly and a preacher’s daughter sneaking out one night. Jehovah might not have normally approved, at least not in the past, but he was already getting a little jaded with the American brand of Gospel, in case you failed to notice. Raised by his grandparents as the younger brother of his own mother, no less, since they never could find the sire. Gee, I wonder why?” another angel.