She had destroyed a few years of her journal, soon after befriending someone named Mara."Heather's eyes widened. "Wait, what?!" Yes, that makes sense,... Cassie said softly. Ned craned his neck and gave her an inquisitive look. "Heather and Richie can speak better to this, Ned, but remember what they told us about the House at the end of the street? How they met the spirit of Mara, and she showed them what happened so many years ago?" Yeah, I do now, but I don't recall the details." I-I do,". I gotta run. Maybe I'll see you at lunch."That last remark floored me. Maybe I was getting some good out of being less of a jerk. I sure hoped so.My first class was French. I could get away with skipping that one, since I had never attended a session since the school year started. Instead, I went to the office and asked the clerk, "What are my chances for getting into the dirver's ed class?" Since it was so late in the school year, I figured that the class was booked up solid and I didn't stand. I am lost now, and I let a soft moan escape from between my lips.She stands, draws my curtains shut, and, still facing away, sheds her winter coat like old skin. Underneath, I am shocked to find she wears nothing but fine lace, crisscrossing into a million tiny patterns down her spine. Her sweats are next, and the thigh high red stockings underneath take my breath away. From her coat pocket, she pulls, of all things, a little Santa hat, which she dawns in dramatic fashion as she turns back to. If there are more of us the chances of an attack by the humans when our existence is revealed will be lower. While I try to gather the other races I would like you, your people, and my wives to begin setting up or back-up plan. If the human launch of full scale assault then even with the combined race, even if we managed to push them back, the losses would be immense. So if the humans attack then we will retreat to a safe place. I then plan to go to war against the governments of each country..