"What are you going on about, you stupid bint!" Revin's father snarled. "That's my worthless daughter Riva!"
Emma smiled looking up at Revin & twirling a lock of his #hair around her finger.
"You could not possibly be more wrong," she said. "Sir Revin is a great man."
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While Revin kept the point of his sword against his chest, Grip recovered the key to release Emma, & then returned with the manacles to bind him to one of the lifeline rings.
Emma hugged Revin & kissed his cheek.
"You were so brave!" she said. "Thank you, Sir Revin!"
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Revin twitched the point of his sword and the knife flew up and lodged in the door frame. His father paled and flattened himself against the wall as Revin advanced with murder in his heart.
"Revin?!?" Grip shouted from the door, drawing him up short with his #question.
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Revin burst in to find him standing over Emma with a knife. One of her arms was handcuffed to the bed. He had cut her other arm & now menaced her face with the point. Her eyes were wild with terror.
"There's no #escape for you," he snarled.
Revin drew his sword & lunged.
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Lord Vallon swept into the main compartment of the Airship in his purple cape. He warmly greeted the enthusiastic patrons & flirted charmingly with the girls who played along coquettishly.
"#Maybe this will work out after all," Revin said. Then he heard Emma scream.
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Revin motioned to Tiny then, to Lord Vallon he said, "Please, Milord, step this way for a moment?"
Lord Vallon scowled looking back & forth between them.
"Well, aren't you quite a #pair!"
Tiny handed him a big bag of reggies.
"Your cut."
His eyes glittered with avarice.
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As the Queen was to #land in the park Revin watched for towlines from the observation deck. Shouting broke out below. He ran down.
"What's going on here?" yelled a short, pudgy man with perfectly-coiffed hair wearing a purple cape.
"Lord Vallon," Revin said with a bow.
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Vallon's Airship was packed — standing room only. Each night they'd been open, more & more guards came for the beer and pretty girls. There were so #many now that Mike had to maintain a line out the door. Revin prepared frantically behind the scenes for the invasion.
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Revin decoded the message from Will.
"Still no #definite word," he reported later to Tiny, Rachel, & Grip.
"What do you expect?" Grip said. "An exact date and time?"
"He did say to pour him one, though," Revin said.
Grip stood. "Tonight," he said. "It's tonight."
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"I #can’t thank you enough," Mike said, crushing Revin's hand. "For helping Sarge and the girls."
"Mike!" she said, punching his arm.
"Sorry, Sarge!" he said.
She shook her fist at him.
"This lunkhead thinks we're still in the infantry!"
Grip and Revin both laughed.
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