He held out a small, open box containing the ring I had removed and given to his mother a year ago. ‘Will you marry me?’ he said. I was nonplused.... ‘What?’ I hesitated. ‘Your mom called mine last night,’ he told me. ‘The betrothal is on again, if you will have me.’ My mind began functioning again. ‘Of course I will,’ I told him. ‘Of course I will!’ He stood and I gave him a huge hug and kiss. As we broke it off I took him by the hand and led him upstairs to my bedroom, closed the door and slowly. Even if I hadn't been the one that overreacted, I was angry with myself for allowing the conversation to deteriorate. If I had just shut up and let it be ... but then again, that wasn't going to solve the problem. I couldn't hide from it. I had to face it. But what was I facing? I didn't have a clue what had gone wrong. If I didn't know what it was all about, how could I go about fixing it?I walked around the neighborhood for over an hour and finally summoned up the courage to go home. I was. Rick sat on the top step of the stairway leading into the bus concourse. He stood up when he saw our car pull up and raised a hand when we both got out.Mom gave him a wave and leaned towards me. "Handsome," she grinned. "Pick you up at five okay?" Five!" I called over my shoulder as I was already halfway up the steps.I stopped and waited until mom pulled away giving her a quick wave. Then, feeling suddenly awkward, I turned to face my date. He seemed frozen to the spot and didn't say anything. GPS signals from the phones Invictus were carrying.Unfortunately, it was only the Invictus showing up, and that provided no end of frustration to the council. Garry didn’t let them put trackers on his Kindred. Understandable, but still frustrating.One of the lights lit up. Jonah’s light. A second later, the three council members received a message on their phones.“Looks like Mister LeBrun’s run his distress app,” Maria said as she moved over to the table to sit. Jonah was a serious sort, so if.