Summer was in full bloom and the heat of the day had intensified the odors of animals and plants into a heady perfume. Vera breathed deep and smiled i...n anticipation of the night ahead. She wouldn’t remember it, she knew that, but it was nice to know that she was with Lucien. She knew that even as a wolf he wouldn’t let any harm come to her. Lucien stood behind her, arms wrapped around her waist. ‘Look,’ he said, pointing. ‘The moon’s rising.’ Vera could barely see the edge of the silver-white. Neither of them appeared to understand my language at all. As we drove along the dark streets I started panicking. I didn’t know where I was, where they were taking me and what they intended to do to me. The only thing I knew properly was that I wasn’t being driven to the hotel I was staying at. The car was driving along the roads of some poor districts and many houses were shuttered or burned out and baskets and tires along the road were burning. The police car soon arrived at a small. Feel like talking to me yet?’ ‘You won’t let me fall.’ ‘I won’t? Don’t you read the Daily Bugle? J. Jonah Jameson calls me a threat to society, a menace to the citizens of this fair city. I mean hey, if you can’t believe what you read in the papers, what can you believe? But what the heck, you don’t want to talk I guess that’s your business.’ Spidey shot a strand of web to the building next door, looked at the man hanging there upside down and said, ‘See you down on the sidewalk’ and got ready. From the questions she raised and the points she made, it was clear to Jan that Ali was no dunce. Finally Ali raised the question of the investment structure. Jan sat up straight and said, "I will give her fifty percent of the company for the investment."Ali slowly shook her head. "I'm afraid that's not good enough, Jan. She will insist on control. How about fifty-one?"Ali could see tears come to Jan's eyes. "Ali, I can't! I only own fifty percent! Pete doesn't even know anything has happened!.