but she raised her head and scrubbed
her face, hoping to clear her vision.

The archaeological site sparkled around
her like the dying remnants of a fireworks display. Through the foggy air and
flickering lights, she caught movement. Several large bodies shifted fluidly,
as if she’d encountered an entire herd of wild horses. The chanting had changed
into shouts of surprise and anger.

Aw hell, that sounds serious.

Squinting against the dust, she searched
for a place to hide. Where had all the horses come from? Had her father
actually sent the cavalry after her?
To hell with that. Bethany crawled toward the maple where she’d left Killian,
hoping the dirt and dust would obscure her identity. If she could get to her
horse, she’d blend in with the others and no one would notice her riding away.

Protecting her eyes fromthe Dover mortuary in 2008, records show.

[…]

“This week, after The Post pressed for information contained in the Dover mortuary’s electronic database, the Air Force produced a tally based on those records. It showed that 976 fragments from 274 military personnel were cremated, incinerated and taken to the landfill between 2004 and 2008.”

I’m sure everyone in the United States is aghast at this because we would never do that here:

(Reuters): A U.S. citizen was jailed for two-and-a-half years on Thursday for insulting the Thai monarchy, prompting the U.S. Embassy to speak out at the severity of the sentence and say it supported the freedom of expression everywhere in the world.

Thai-born Lerpong Wichaikhammat, 55, had pleaded guilty in October to using the Internet to disseminate information that insulted the monarchy,