However, I am still somewhat sleepy.” After glancing at her watch, she went on, “If my calculations are correct, it is still slightly more than tw... hours before dawn. I anticipate that my family will return shortly after that. I also surmise that this will be an eventful day; therefore, I shall return to my sleeping bag. Please awaken me in time to assist with breakfast preparations.”That said, she returned Jasmine’s coat, petted the wolves for a second and ran back to her sleeping bag near the. "My codename is Ribbon."I'd arrived at Whateley just a short time ago, where I'd immediatelybeen given the fifty-cent tour. The campus was large and pretty damnimpressive, especially with the pile of gold and that huge crystal dome.However, it was also ridiculously expensive.There was no way I could have afforded to send one of my kids to thisschool, though I deeply regretted that I'd never had the chance. If I'dknown about Whateley when Rachael had first manifested, then maybethings would. It was small and disorganized and crammed with unopened boxes, but it was MINE. No one could understand why I was so determined to do this by myself. Mom wanted me in one of the apartment complexes my brothers lived in, Dad wanted me to buy a house in the old neighborhood, and my brothers - with the exception of Randy - couldn't understand why I wanted to move away from home in the first place.Then there was Nat. Nat wasn't a part of the family strictly speaking. He'd just been there forever.. " She looks at Beth waiting for her answer too"Tom and I have an arrangement, he won't mind." Beth says no more but Carl is curiousAn arrangement? What kind of arrangement?" He looks steadily at Beth as she looks back. He realises she's not going to answer. He has to answer them though. They've basically tried to take him whether he'd wanted to be taken or not, hell even if he says no now there is no guarantee they'll let him go and he knows they're both fully aware that he's been hard the.