CHAPTER 10. HER STORY What a luxury to sleep without an alarm clock or my girls to wake me. I woke up just enough to realize I was in a strange bed... figured out my hands were still cuffed together, then slipped back into that glorious land of slumber. The next time I woke the sun shining through the windows led me to believe it was late morning. I peeked out from the covers and saw him in a chair facing me from across the room. He appeared to be working on his laptop, so I just lay there. ”Light shone from the speed rune and Kal’s shield sprung into existence, there was a loud crack as the edge of the shield caught Emrick under the chin and sent him skidding backwards. Kal screamed and held his arm that was now twisted at an odd angle in the middle of his forearm. Kal’s healing rune lit up as he poured power into it, directing the energy to his arm where it straightened and knitted the bones back together.He reminded himself that he needed Ikuno to add the strength rune to his. There were other Krell in the water too, further out towards the middle of the lake, some lounged as they floated lazily on the surface and some splashed around in short bursts of activity. Were they hunting perhaps? Mating? A group of them spied the human visitors and approached, weaving through the water silently, as if they were stalking their prey. They looked uncomfortably like crocodiles as they emerged from the lake, the murky water falling from their armored backs in curtains as they. My suitcases follow me on my way to a hot shower, a warm meal and my three gorgeous women. My keys click into place. The lights in the hallway flash up automatically. My gaze centers on a source of light, coming from the living room.'Anybody home?' I call out for at least some attention.'Yeah, there are.' A girly, young voice anwsers my inquiry. Steps are heard coming closer. 'Hey dad!' A drop-dead gorgeous, slender, 6''1 foot tall blonde girl smiles at me and approaches, wrapping her arms.