CHAPTER 9 Jude looked at Rance and could see the struggle going on within the big tough warrior. Rance was the Enforcer of the group. He was used to knocking heads together, not talking feelings and fluff. However, this conversation had nothing to do with D.O.A. and had everything to do with them and their future. A future Jude wanted. "Did you ever wonder why it was that it was Smoky that saved me when I was a baby, Rance?" Jude asked. Looking up, Rance's eyes drew together in confusion, "I've never given it a thought." Shrugging, Jude said, "Ever since I found out it was you and your dragon that saved my life and that of my mother's, I've thought about it non-stop. I mean what are the odds that the man and his maharishi were to be in the exact location my mother and I would be in, c

