Gods And Ghosts:A War of Heavenly Proportions(IC,read OOC before joining)

Krysta blushes with the comment about her looks, and as she sees her feline friend getting acosted by the (doggish?) more mangy looking fellow. Then her eyes widened when Mia shoved the dagger at his belt..

She couldnt suppress the bell like giggle that slipped from her mouth .. childlishly she covered her mouth. It must be the fae in her. The oddest times make her feel liek akid.

Kristoff on the other hand , threw the empty bottle of wine and looked around. His gaze stopped at a huge old looking jug. "haaaaaaaaaaa I'm am the luckiest little guy you 3ever saw .. uh huh uh huh .,.uh huh uh huh uh huh. " Doin a little dance ,, then uses his whole body to pull of the cork, and takes a dive into the jug and just swims in it. Slowly drinking his way to the bottom.
 
Ivellias
Ivellias had returned the gathered power as planned,and was now en route to Mid-Western US,to try and ferret out information on Coyote,and also to see if there were oppurtunities in the America's for the Family.
so far the Family had spread its reign over msot of eastern Europe and most of northern asia,including russia and Siberia.Eastern eruope was sitll partially under the control of the Werewolves,the greek pantheon,and a smatterign of a few other small groups.
The Family was ever growing,and had recently acquired the services of an entire pack of werewolves,though they were still in a sub-status to the Family,they Were useful.
Currently,The Family had its sights and its agents in southeastern Asia and Japan,the US,and Britain,trying to gaina foothold in untouched areas.
As Ivellias stepped off the plane he was met by a grou of 8 or so finelky dressed men and women who looked a bit raffish nonetheless,and occasinally had the tendency to sniff the air or scratch teh back of their neck indifferently witha hand.his werewolf escort had arrived.
Good.
He motioned and they snapped into place,flaling behind him and entering the 3 black cars,a woman taking teh drivers seat next to him as they took off
 
"AHEM! Can we please get back on subject?" Jc laughed nervously, and Mia gave him a deadly glare that Rock could easily ignore.

"Um, right." Jc walked back to his desk, muttering about something before sitting down on the dusty chair. "Listen, have you guys noticed some weird things lately?"

"What do you mean, 'weird'?"

"I mean, disaperances, deaths."

"That stuff is common."

"No! Not human related! I mean, other."

"Huh? You mean... Like us?"

Jc gave an short sigh. "Exactly. Word has been that alot of us have been killed, gargoyles, imps, faries, dragons, eve-"

"Faes?"

Jc gave a small nod. "Yes, sadly its true. Even grandfather time has been taken out."

"What?" Mia quickly looked at the clock and the surroundings. "But.... Every thing seems normal."

"He probaly gave most of his power to his students, if he had any."

"The question is, why would somebody kill all these people? A serial murderer?"

"I doubt it Rock. The odd thing about these murders are that they wern't killed like they should have been. Their energy has been drained dry. As if sombody were stealing their life force for some reason."

"Dracula?" Mia asked.

"Doubt it. Dracula can only suck blood, remember?"

"This is odd," Rock muttered, "I can't think of anything that is able to do such an thing to us. Not even dragon gods have such power to suck life source and energy like this."

"There's more guys and girls." Jc remained quiet for a few seconds before his eyes darkend. "It seems... It seems that the were-wolfs are on their side..."

"What?!" Rock slammed his fist on Jc's desk just before he shot and came face to face with his informent. "Why doesn't the grand elder do something!?"

"Because.... He was one of their first victims..."

"Jc... I'm sorry to hear that..."

Jc looked at Mia and snorted. "Oh please! My Grand father and I never seen eye to eye! I'm a outcast! I couldn't care less if he was dead. What worries me is the safety of the other wolf tribes." Jc shook his head a bit and looked at all three (excluding Kristoff because he found another giant jug of red wine) of them. "Listen... All of us are in danger.... The dragons, the imps, the spinx, even the great phoenix itself are in danger." Jc turned his head torwards Rock, glaring at him directly in the eye. "From what I have been told, these guys are now invading the U.S. and Japan... That means Your mother and father are in danger..."

"Rock gave an low growl, only audible to Jc. "They can take of themselfs."

"All I got to say is becareful, because we're being hunted down as we speak."

Mia quetly thought about something for a moment. "Does that mean... That thing that attacked Krista..."

"It must have been one of them," Jc replied.

"That Means the mound is next."
 
OOC: sorry for my absence, work is a bitch.

IC:

Iona squeezed his hand tightly,
"thats something..." she smiled, as their food arrived.

The first plate was a raw plate, a silver platter holding a glittering bed of ice upon which laid oysters, sashimi, sushi, and in the center a bowl of beluga caviar.

"I certainly hope you're not a vegetarian," she mused.
 
"WAit wait wait, It cant be the mound here, the last attack at home had been at the gathering the mound had not been uncovered. Anyone that had stayed within the mound that evening was spared. It was only the people that had been outside, that had beed demolished. You can ask Kristoff .. he was there.. He was one of the victims himself... I really have no idea .. how he still is living... I saw the iron nail that pierced through his body. He faded right before my eyes..." Krysta explained to the other three at looking at her...

Taking a deep breath she continued, " I dont think they can get to the mound, unless a fae invites them in... and after the massacre, they arent letting anyone in, unless they are fae., and to top it off I dont even think they know where the mound is.."

Kristoff popped his head out of the second empty bottle and piped up, "I heard my name .. somebody say my name???"


Krysta replied, "I did Kristoff, tell them what you saw... tell them what happened that evening.."

Kristoff frantically searched for another big jug to hide himself.. unfortunately, he couldnt find any.."I nowannna taaaaasslk about iiiist." Apparently the wine was finally getting to him.

"Just tell them what happened,"

"NO!.." Looking for another jug.The little guy unsteadily flew around, searching the tavern for another bottle... finally crashing on the bar, he pouted and cried out, "I need more wine..."
 
"Its obvious he's out for the moment..." Jc walked around his desk for a few seconds, searching for an answere in his vast and chaotic memory. "Then they must have know that... Could it be that they were looking for someone else?"

"Like who?"

"Zerro maybe?"

Jc looked up for a second. ".... No, I don't even think they know of him. Like Rock, Zerro's an cross breed. Most cross breeds are considered useless. Besides, I'm guessing he was in Germany at the time."

"Then I guess our only chance is to find out who it is," Rock stated as he picked up the dazed Fae. "Hey Jc... Got any more hard stuff?"

Jc sighed and dug into his shirt pocket. "Its all I have left. Just be careful! This stuff is EXTEAMLY strong!" Jc reluntedly tossed the small vile into Rock's free hand. Kristoff imeadiatly tried to grab it, but Rock grabed the top of his clothing holding him back.

"Whoa there! You can have it if you give the information we need."
 
He laughed gently at her Vegetarian comment. "You don't get as big as I by being a vegetarian." Quickly he took and Oyster, remebering his manners used the small fork and scooped one into his mouth.

"Ahh, I love Oysters." He took a sip of his champange and decided to ask a question that had been bothering him. "So, why did you decide to go out with someone you just met? Even though I know you could take care of yourself, there still must be that fear of danger from people you don't know."
 
She took a sip of champagne and smiled.
"I just had a feeling I had nothing to fear from you. It was as if we had a connection, you know?"
She lowered her voice, "you feel different with me don't you..and not just the warm fuzzy, lets go pick out china patterns sort of feelings. I think you know I can help you find the answers you seek..."

She popped a sushi roll in her mouth and took another sip of champagne.
 
Ivellias
Ivellias walked into the spacious office,where a handsome,black haired young man of asian decent sat,smiling benignly at him as he was escorted in by a few men,of asian descent,into the office.
He smiled and gave a short bow to the man."good day,i hope my arrival did not cause too much of a stir."
"not at all my friend,please,take a seat."
He sat gingerly into the leather chair,still smiling.
"and what news does our European brethren,The Family,bring us?"He stated clearly,lounging in his chair.
"oh many many things,but first,how is your search going on?"
The man narrowed his eyes a bit but never lost his impassive look."ahh,m,you are speaking of Coyote then?,do not be worried,we have been hounding him for months,we will have him withitn a few weeks if not less."
Ivellias laughed softly,murmuring "Good,good" before growing mroe serious again.
"and what about or sources?the ones currently in Asia?i know you are the head of that area also are you not?"
"yes of course,we have currewntly infiltrated only the lower levels of security,though we have news that one of the kitsune's circle may defect at anytime,and with her a large chunk of supporters with her."
Ivellias's mouth spread into a wide,clay-colored grin."Very Good,The Family has sent me to help wiht Coyote,not."he stated as the man strted to open his mouth."to interfere,jsut in case we have any interruptions from any outside sources,it seems a pack of were's have managed to get on to US soil and is seeking to meet up wiht Coyote,im only here to jump in when they do."
The man smiled and nodded as Ivellias stood and with a bow...,left the room wihtout another word.

Lucian
Lucian had finsihed his dinner lesiurly but not too slowly,returnign to the hotel and picking up his prey's trace,follwoing it the the house and perching next to a window as a single bat,a cluster of others hanging from a building down the street.His ears tilted,listening closely as his fangs unbared in a slow smile.
"So it seems word is beggining to spread,Father shall be pleased to hear this,it is time to tighten the noose around Europe,we cannot let more news leak to Asia or the West Coast,lest there be heavy resistance". He thought as he kept listening,the bat fluttering in silently on soft leathery wings,hanging upside down above his prey,soo closewihtout their notice,at least not yet.
 
"I must admit, I did have an ulterior motive for asking you out." He sighed, she had suspected something from him and without really asking, wanted to know what it was. It was time to spill it, he had never told anyone about his visions. He released her hand and picked up his fork. Instantly his visions returned full force. The horrid display of useing the fork as a deadly weapon. In the right hands and with the correct amount of strength involved it was a powerful pierceing weapon. Its best use was in the softer areas of the body, eyes and the neck.

"You see this fork?" He said holding it in front of her. "I can kill anyone with it in the right situation. Anything I pick up or touch I instantly see how it would be best used as a weapon. The visions are not plain and simple images against a dummy or something of that nature, but they are gruesome and graphic, depicting people I have seen or known being destroyed by my own hand. Right now my vision is showing me you." He set the fork down, relieved the see the vision fade from his mind. "I even get visions when I touch people, but they are different. I instantly see and feel all the fights they have ever been involved in. I feel the anger or sadness in their souls I see what they have done, how they felt about it afterwords. While I hate the gruesome sights of items used as weapons, I fall to my knees at the horror of feelings and sights comming from people." He looked at her, his eyes sad and betraying the emotions he tried to hide. He took her hand once again, thankful that there still were no visions from her. "With you it is different, I feel and see nothing. My head is clear when I touch you, I can feel each and every fold and hair in your hand. Yes I do hope you can help me, but if not it would be enough to just be able to touch your hand."
 
She smiled, "I know what you're going through...many of our breed do."

She paused to eat an oyster and indulge in another glass of champagne.

"You just have to learn how to shield yourself Jandar. Or these visions of yours will lead to madness."

She gazed into his eyes,
"you may feel nothing when you touch me now...but if I were to for an instant lower my barriers, that would be an entirely different story."

She extended her hand to him again,
"care to see what I mean?"
 
Hurt, betrayed and lost, Jandar sighed and looked down at her hand. He had thought that there was something more to it than her protecting herself. He had no control over his ability, it had been with him all his life and trying to stop it was like trying to stop the hair growing on his face, impossible. The only thing he had been able to do is lessen the pain of the images through meditation and ignoreing them. He knew for a fact the key to both stopping and controlling the visions was to find out where they came from. The only clue he had to go on was it had something to do with the God of War. The only problem with that was he did not know which War god to look for. Literally thousands of cultures and each of them belived in a God of War. A needle in a hay stack.

He looked at the hand again, the same hand that gave him hope and joy just a moment ago, would now give him the pain of the visions. "No," he said, the pain in his voice evident. "If it is the fact that you protect yourself than please I do not wish to see it." He looked away, he didn't want to eat anymore. He wanted to scream, he wanted to try and tear through each and every vision in the hopes that doing so would unravle and reveal their secret. He did not know which was worse, the visions or the hopelessness that came with them.
 
She frowned and sat back in her seat,
"I had no intention of hurting you Jandar...." her voice trailed off,
"I just wanted to try and help you understand that you are not alone in what you're feeling."

She took another sip of champagne,
"you have amazing potential inside you. But you're at a crossroads in your life right now. The only thing is, there's no going back once you've started down your path. Believe me, I've tried. I just want you to know that you have me if you want me."

The waiter came and cleared away their plates, offering them warm towels for their hands, and following just behind them a tuna steak atop a bed of vegetables.

"Its up to you though...if you want me to I'll walk out of your life and you'll never have to see me again."
 
She was hiding something. What did she know about him that he did not? What potential? A strange feeling was sweeping over him, one he did not feel too often, anger. What did she mean by our breed? He calmed himself down and looked at her once again. His eyes demanded the truth or he would get up and leave right now.

"You know something you are not telling, what is it you mean about potential and our breed? Why do you want to help anyway, we only just met and already you would be willing to help me conquer these visions? To what end, what do you get out of it? If it is as you say that we are the same breed, then what are we?"
 
???

(Egypt)

Through the vast land of kings tombs, somebody in a brown cloak walked searching for an certain tomb, that held a certain creature. "It should be here... Maybe its was buried in the sand again?" The young wanderer knelt down and rubbed his hand across the hot sand, uneffeted by the heat. After a few seconds, he found two symbols, both showing a bird bigger than 5 humans combined. "So, I was right. And if these symbols are here, then that means..." The cloaked man brushed the sand a few more times before grabbing a handle and pulling it.

As soon as it was completely open, the cloaked person grabed the inside handle and jumped into the darkness, thje door closing as he fell. He let go of the handle as soon as he heard the door shut and it became pitch black. "Well, I guess he wasn't expecting company today." The cloak man unbuttoned the top of his cloak, and threw the item of cloathing off. "Much better."

As he walked forwards torches suddenly came to life, every step closer to the next two torches, they lit up, guiding him. "Well, he knows I'm here now." The young man brushed his wolf grey hair back as he came to the halls exit, which led to a large room lit by a mysterious light that couldn't be seen. There stood a bald man that had no features, nor eyes, in fact, he seemed to be no more than a meer living shadow. He sat on a rock that was carved to be a somewhat confortable table, playing a game of chess.

"I see you are playing chess with yourself again."

Suddenly, the other half of the room lit, and there at the end of the room stood an giant orange bird, his eyes glowed yellow as a chest piece on his side moved without being touched.

"Ah! Zerro, its good to see you again. I see you have grown a bit."

"Yes, its been a while hasn't it, Phoenix?"

"Yes, yes it has. Care to play a game of chess?"

Zerro scratched his head giving a embarrased chuckle. "Well, I actualy came to ask you a qeustion. But it wouldn't harm me to play a game or two!"

"Thats good to hear Zerro." Phoenix's eye glowed yellow again and the shadow puppet disapered. "Please, take a seat."

"Thank you."
 
Kristoff desperately tried to get to the vial he so badly craved. He pulled and tugged to get out of Rock's grasp.
" Hey how did you catch me that 's not fair..... NO one but Krysta can grab me like dat...... " He collapsed onto the counter and then started whining, "I just waaaaaaaannnnnaaaaaaa have sommmmmaaaa daaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaalllllllllllcccccchooooollll!! "

Krysta warned them, "If you give him that bottle he will be no use to you after ward.."

Rock just shook his head and said.. "Give us some info and you get the liquor " Motioning to Jc for the vial, He tossed it to Rock.
Shaking the vial, he said, "Come on you know you want it.."

Kristoff's eyes grew large like saucers, visually drooling over the vial. .. After a few seconds he said quickly, "What do ya wanna know?"

Krsyta stepped in, and said, "Kristoff they want to know what happened at the big party..."

At this point The poor little fae could only think of the precious vial in Rock's fingers... he stared at the vial coveting it.. dreaming of the precious liquid.. "yeah ... we had lot of good stuff at our party .. it was sooooooooo funnn uh huh uh huh... we practically swam in the amount of wine we found.. you shoulda been there.. uh huh uh huh..."

Krysta reminded her friend of what he needed to tell them.. "Listen Kristoff, if you want that you have to tell us about the guy ... you remember teh one that chased us..."

Kristoff stuck his lower lip out pouting, " Buttttttttttttttt IIII ddddddddddddddonnnnntt waaaaaaaannnnnnnnnaaaaa..."

"IF you want that Liquor your going to tell us..."

"FFFFFFFFFFINE!!!" Folding his hands around his body, Like a five year old did when he was mad about something. Te ground out the details of the incident as fast as he could, "That guy that chased her..." pointing at Krysta "... crashed our party and smashed us all up and sucked us up in the bottles, then left our shells all over the place, now gimmie the vial.... "

He pulled on his shirt and yanked his body, reaching out for the vial. It really never seemed to amaze Krysta how the little guy stretched himself so much for that vial.
 
Ivellias

a fine wrought,glass and metal tabel was overturned wiht a swaer,sending plates and fod tumbling to the ground with a clash."WHAT!"Ivellias yelled into his cell phone before looking around at the upper class citizens that were staring at him.He grabebd a thick wegde of about a million dollars american tender and threw them at the waiter before stalking out.

"god dammmit you stupid Dogs!Mutts!,I cant believe you coudlnt even catch members of your own kind when there weak and injured!"he cursed loudly into the phone,stalking down the street.
On the other line,the pack of Werewolves cringed,the defective kitsunes sitting around winced at his loudness but otherwise looked calm.After all,it wasnt exactly them he was mad at.
Ivellias sighed and spoke in a calm voice."go and find your brothers,kill them Now!,I dont care if your seen in public,jsut Do it!."He sighed and flipped the phone closed as snapped his fingers,the two kitsunes forming up behind him silently,following him quietly as he headed back to base.

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2 hours later.

A large,obsidian wolf ran down teh street,scrabbling at the pavement for purchase as its body vaulted down the streets towards the airport.Howls erupted all around him as he kept running,feet sending dirt flying behidn him,the world almsot blurring around him.He ahd to get to the airport,he ahd to warn someone,anyone!In a flash he remembered the massacre.creatures ahlf wolf and half human had been laying about broken liek a set of dolls,bloody and torn.some were bitten and cut,others were just recognizable from all teh bullets in tehm.And Jon,a huge brown werewolf,arms outstretched,howling and walking through a rain of bullets,allowing himself and Maria to escape.
Something leaped down next toi him,a white female wolf near his side.Maria.At least she was safe,both fo tehm were safe.as long as they kept running.
They burst into the airports lighted area and changed as they reache dthe door,a couple dressed in faded leather,holding eachothers arms gently,breathign a bit ehavily,as i they ahd gone for a light jog.They elbowed there way to the counter and booked the first flight to london,heading already tpward the runway,having arrived thankfully just as the plane pulled in.As they waited in line to get on they heard a commotion.they turned.
"Shit.."He murmered."Go now,ill distract them"He whispered and started to move towards the group of 17 year olds,who were dressed ina gothic style,with piercings and neon-colored hair included.She grabbed his arm and pulled hyim abck,dragging him tinot eh tunnel of the plane just as the group of teenagers sniffed the air curiosly,tehn turned,trooping towards their position.They pushed past the stewardess and got onboard jhust as the plane started ot taxi.as the door closed a number of wolves appeared,leaping out on to the planes broad wing as it taxid and styartign top pull out.The wolves,yelped and slid off the smooth metal as theplane took off for london,elaving them behind.
 
"Well, he said what we wanted to hear." Rock gave a shrug and handed the vial to the Fae. "Just be careful with that thing." Rock then set Kristoff down and walked back over to his corner. "So now what do we do?"

"Thats up to you three, I gotta stay here and gather as much info as I can."
 
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They both ran as wolves.they howled,free,but burdened by their grim tidings.the howls reverberated through london,and the old city shivered as past remembered creatures filled its streets.all of the fae,elves,pagan gods and goddeses,a few stray gargoyles were awakening,looking over roooftops or from under sewer grates as the two raced down the streets,shifting back at the door where Rock,Jc and the others resided.THey both knocked,breathless as they leaned against each other,chests heaving as they tried to regain the breath lsot form their flight and the air spent on howling
 
Every body (except for Kristoff, who was drunk off his high horse) turned there heads torwards the door. But only Jc got up and walked to te door, before he opened the door, Jc turned his head and glared at the others. "Before I open this door, if any of you have wepons, keep them hiden, but be reay to use them."

Jc, taken a deep breath before pulling the door open. There stood two, both out of breath and seemingly in slight panic. But what got to Jc was there scent, to any bodie else, they would smell like any body else who has been running, swety. But Jc's pwerful wolf-like nose caught something else.

"Yes, who is it?"
 
Zerro placed his hand on his mouth and tapped his foot, focusing on his chesse pieces, "Hmm... If I move here..." Zerro lifted one of his knites and placed it by the queen before taking it and putting his knite in its place. "Check."

Phoenix's eyes glowed before his king move one space to the left, moving out of check. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Hmm. Oh yeah." Zerro taken on of his rooks and moved it all the way forward, taking Phoenix's last rook and once again putting him into check. "Well, lately I have been hearing about disaperances of Faes, Kitsunes, dragons, etc, etc. My question is... Why? Who? Who has such power to do these things? Well... Other than the creator itself."

Phoenix gave a small laugh as he moved his pawn beside Zerro's king. "I belive that is checkmate."

"Huh?!" Zerro looked down at the board, his king was completely boxed in. Zerro quickly relized that Phoenix used his queen and his rook as an decoy. "You've gotta kidding me."

"I belive the score is you; 1, me;1, and one stalemate." Phoenix's eyes glowed and all the pieces moved back to place. "Now as for your question. I do not of any bodie who has such power, except for one possibilaty..."

"And that is?"

Phoenix sighed. "Do you think its a possible guess that Dr. Frankenstein has install a absorbing machine into his son, Zerro?"

"Yeah, but I don't think it would work so well."

"True... But I do think that the creator did gives some of us the abiliaty to absorb others."

"Then why has started only now?"

"Evolution?"

Zerro gave a small snort. "I'm sorry Phoenix, but I thought we cannot evovle, isn't that only available to humans and other, lower class animales?"

"Well... I'm not exactly sure. You must remember, I have been reborn quite a few times now. And I have grown stronger."

"Well thats true... But still, I don't think evoulution is the answere."

"Well, you may be right. But I do know this, they have the were-wolfs, and a part of the Kitsune's working with them."

"So if I follow the Were-wolf clan..."

"Then you may find the culprit."
 
Michael and Maria
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They stood propped against eachother,looking anything but threatening.
"we....we bring news....there are....there are ones...who hunt us,hunt All of us.They control so much power now,it may be to late already.they have killed father time,the Nile Spirit,most of the gargoyles of London and europe,werewolf packs..."he choked on the word for a moment before continuing."the fae,Coyote may or may not be dead already,they have even infiltrated The kitsune circles!"He blurted out,then looked ot Maria,who held a side gingerly,and for the first time noticed the pain flitting past ehr face and the red stain across her side."please,let us in,we mean you no threat!"
 
Jc's eyes widened as he heard a loud thump behind him. He shot shot around to see that Rock had slammed his fist non-too-lightly in the wall.

"Damn it! I'm too late."

"Rock, go into the back, Sparrow should be in there, you can contact your mother with him. Mia, please go into the bathroom and grabed wash cloths and bandages" Jc turned his head at the two with a serious look on his face. "You two, in here, now!"
 
Jc's eyes widened as he heard a loud thump behind him. He shot shot around to see that Rock had slammed his fist non-too-lightly in the wall.

"Damn it! I'm too late."

"Rock, go into the back, Sparrow should be in there, you can contact your mother with him. Mia, please go into the bathroom and grabed wash cloths and bandages" Jc turned his head at the two with a serious look on his face. "You two, in here, now!"
 
Michael/Maria
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Michael and Maria stumbled in wearily,almsot tripping voer thei feet.
He looked downa t his mate,nuzzling her softly,noticing the red stain against her side as they were moved voer to a couch,Maria laid down first,Michael refusing aid until he was sure his amte was safe.
He crouched next to her,holding her hand gentl as he turned to Jc."we were hunted...by our own kind,the whole packs gone,every single one besides us."He spoke softly,biting back the mournful howl that wanted to rise from his throat.
"everyone must accept teh fact,the Creator has abandoned us to ourselves,and already many have taken advamntage of the fact.we are no long safe,none of us from an y pantheon or circle or pack.It started with Old Man Time,he was jsut a steppign stone.Everyone knew if he had rallied many would have come to him."
He stopped for a moment,leaning low,close to his amte,whisperign softly to her as she finally gave up the pretense of strength,squirming softly and giving a soft whining noise from teh abck of her throat.
 
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