It moaned, then lurched toward the doorway at their backs. Both rose, thinking they were looking on another survivor of the raid, and prepared to be p...eased. Then it screamed incoherently and charged at the two of them.Wendy ducked aside as a massive sword came sweeping from the doorway, Guido was not as swift. The blade caught him under the ribs and lifted him from the ground and he flew back into the clearing. The man, if man he was, stood over six feet tall, and was armor clad from head to. “You aren’t alone,” she said. “You have friends there, right? Get help from them. What about the girl you were seeing?”“Pia? She’s in another city three hours away by train. I can’t see her for a couple of weeks.”“Is there someone there in Gothenburg?”“I think the girls are too young and inexperienced. There’s my host sister, but she’s only just become cordial with me.”“I love you, but you need someone to support you. Find someone, OK? I know you well enough to know what you need. Even if it’s. He messaged Serpin and her calm acceptance surprised him but then she was more Boa than human, so he shouldn’t have been surprised. Death was just part of life to her people.He talked to Serpin’s sisters, Sasha who was twenty and Sally who was ten, but he found that they were not as gifted as Serpin. Neither of Silvia’s mates was suitable either. He was at a loss as to who was to replace Silvia as the High Wizard of Boavale.He suspected that if he chose outside of the Boa people who lived in. With as screwed up as I was. I thought your baby would be too. I ran back to where I belonged which was in Vietnam, stuck in my own hell. Upon my return to Vietnam, all I could think about was you. I did not even know your name but I saw your face each time I closed my eyes. After a mission, I would return to my quarters and lie upon my bed hoping you would come to me in my dreams. Your face was the only sanity I had left.I broke all ties at home with everyone. As I did not want anyone to know.