The house was still full of dust and was a run-down mess."I need a vacuum cleaner," she quipped."Oh so you think you know how to use one of those?" He... asked sarcastically."Why are you getting on my case about this?" She was bitter, the way he always ignored her and wouldn't touch her and now he was complaining. He treated her like a second class citizen and she was tired of it."You keep saying you're cleaning up the place, but it doesn't seem to get clean," he said bitterly, "But I'm about to. His focus on the five revealed his willingness to fight to the death without an ounce of concern regarding the opponents’ strength.Although the ridge was couple of levels above the typical jobs the five took as mercenaries, with regards to life and death battles, not even the little bit juvenile, Oleg, was lacking his fair share.Zax’s killing intent did not startle the five, at most just mildly alerted them and forecasted what may imminently occur.“Luze, if this is chance to obtain a dark. I know your Mark will want to, he had to do some adjusting so he wouldn’t walk funny.” Dee leaned in close to my ear, “I did some adjusting first that caused the problem. I think he needs some relief down there. Let’s go!”Dee didn’t give me a chance to respond. She grabbed my hand leading me back to our husbands. “Come on, we’re going back to the house for a drink and other things.” Dee released my hand grabbing my husbands leading him to the car.Once at the house, Dee poured drinks while I. We’ll watch the kids.”“You want to join us?”“Delayed gratification,” she giggled, giving him a kiss. “I can wait. You know she’s more comfortable just with you.”“True,” he said.By the time Constance arrived, he had eaten most of his sandwich. “What took you so long,” he growled, putting his food aside. “Upstairs.”She gulped and her eyes sparkled. “Yes Joe.”He probably freaked out the kids. He hoped Cheryl’s laughter softened the blow.Following her into the master bedroom and shutting the door,.