.. I found its weakness; the place where I needed to strike.I raised the hammer up. It was a focus for the energy brimming in the Altar. It was the ma...ch for it. I stared at the amulet, letting the power guide my stroke, and slammed my tool down onto the gem with all my strength.The hammer crashed into the amulet.The power surged. The entire energy of the hill expended in a moment.Light exploded around me.A brilliance engulfed me as the entire hill groaned. The hammer burst into a spray of. No, we went to different universities so it just made more sense for me to stay at home. Actually he doesnt live far from here now. She seemed quick to defend the fact, but I knew that Tom had woken up in a bit of a bad mood and as he and Liam had never gotten on well either he was probably going to argue for a little while, so I busied myself with making some coffee for us, and some tea for Ashley. Hes close by and you still came to see us? Were honored. Tom was sounding sarcastic, but Ashley. " Our ranch is jus' over there a piece. I 'spect ma kin fix 'im up once we git him home. Let me git my hoss, an' I'll lead ya to the house. Oh, I'm sorry. My name is June Ashton and that there's my pa, Hamilton." Pleased ta meet ya, Miss Ashton. I'm Hank Prescott, and this here is Bill Jones."They followed June to the ranch house and were introduced to her mother, Mary. Hank and Bill carried Hamilton to his bed while June told how she had just ridden up and had seen two men kneeling by her. It didn't work out. I don't know; it wasn't love, I guess."He flipped the on switch and the vibrator began to hum. Rachael shivered as her heart rate responded. He ran through each of the settings and uttered a non-committal 'huh' occasionally."Would you prefer I not be present when you utilize this here apparatus?" I would prefer you use it on me but if you're not comfortable with that then..." she shrugged again.JD turned the vibrator off and sat down beside her. She could see the tension in.