"It's not like we can go anywhere BUT forward, no matter what they find. Plus," her eyes flicked to him, "I really want us at full strength around the... Elves." I'm going to go talk to them," Felek said abruptly. He moved his shoulders and neck, as if working out a kink. Care to join me?" I think I'll stay up here." She paused. "Take Klocia with you."He nodded."I'll be back soon."Felek contemplated dismounting beside Qui, talking to the walking Elf on more even footing. He decided against it. On. Donald broke into a giggle."Ted, thank you for fixing the faucet," Suzanne said, desperately trying to cope with the situation, which she felt was getting completely out of hand. "And now, if you don't mind."Ted walked forward, put his hand around her waist, and pulled her violently to him."Come on, I'm a good lay. Ask Donald. He's seen me in action."She struggled ineffectually, conscious of a growing tension in her loins and a terrible fear in her heart. She heard Yvonne's words in her mind.. ” After getting everyone settled in at the new campsite, she’d tried to get Ariadne to answer some questions, but the woman had seemed almost catatonic. “Treya thinks it would be better to leave her alone for now.”“Just imagine what she knows. She actually lived in Tir Yadar.”Ellerie was still having a hard time believing that. “You talked to her earlier,” she said. “Do you really think she’s one of the Ancients? The Chosar?”“She wasn’t faking her distress,” Bobo said. “She was honestly. Besides,there was that something about her, I was determined to remember what shereminded me of or where I might have seen her before."Hi, I haven't seen you in here before?" I said sliding into the stoolnext to her at the bar."No, I'm new," she said quietly in a little girl voice, although shelooked at me gratefully with a little smile for keeping off the guys, shewas obviously still very nervous."Well, a place like this is no place for a nice girl like you to bealone," I said, putting my hand.