We needed to gather food for the coming winter, we needed to gather firewood to keep us warm, and we needed to protect ourselves from both the element... and any predators that might turn an eye in our direction.Clara, Gabby, and Ramie took over the food aspect of our long term needs. This effort didn’t just include foraging and drying any meat that I brought in to preserve it for use over the winter; it also included finding or making containers that could be used to store the food, so it. Simply put she was a conniving bitch who wanted to blackmail or subjugate her. Kaarthen's cup was drugged and even the sugar was laced. If she had leverage by getting something out of Kaarthen or holding something over her, she figured she would have control over Marcos as well.Hearing enough of her thoughts to understand no good could come out of talking, Kaarthen shot the conversation. “This is disgusting tea.” Kaarthen said without even touching it. “It would have been better if you had. I also overestimated your resolve, and I didn't have any idea that you felt some of the things you have told us about tonight. So here's the deal, a new deal. If you decide to do this, you decide tonight before we go to bed. Like Nancy said, if you don't decide to do this, I'm going to need all the time I can get to get used to the suit again AND to change a LOT of plans I had already set in motion. Now. If you DO decide to do this, I'll make you an alternate deal. The original deal was for. They were all drinking martinis in large glasses, but he preferred something he could water down, so he poured himself three fingers of scotch and filled the glass with ice. "Helluva nice way to go camping, Mrs. Boyd," he said, and he clinked his glass against hers. She laughed which reminded him how horny he'd become, and he quickly took a large gulp of the liquor so he wouldn't stare. After that he completely forgot about the time or his promise to his mother as he listened to Ray and Bob.