He listened as his father and brothers talked quietly with Kev and Walter. He had invited the ringmaster because he realized that Jo was right, if they wanted to minimize the number of innocent bystanders at the ceremony getting hurt they needed to do something totally unexpected, totally alien to anything they had ever done before. Jo, Star, River and Ricki were seated on the long chairs near the fireplace. His lips curved as he listened to Jo telling her sister and River about his throwing Tony outside the condo after the elephant trainer kissed her. At the moment, they were waiting for Jarmen to join them. Armet and Dakar had joined them a few minutes earlier. Both of them were talking quietly about something. Manota heard Armet mutter something about stubborn, hard-headed females who needed to learn their place. Dakar chuckled as he responded to Armet’s comment. They all looked up when the door opened. “I apologize for being detained,”
