All thanks to yourtoys." What does it matter?" Tasher spits. "She will withdraw from the field,regain her powers and then come looking for us. Her ven...eance will beswift and horrible. We are all doomed men."Tasher is right. A wounded Alexia is ultimately more dangerous to methan any other person, witch or not. However, he is wrong about hervengeance being swift and horrible."No, General. She will take her time, savoring and enjoying eachexcruciating milicycle." All the more reason that I should. A quick punch to my gut with the same force had me seeing stars and I found myself unable to move. Frank, meanwhile, had caught up to us and struck Frost in his back with the most force he could muster, buoyed by his ability.Frost was immediately sent flying in much the same as I was a few moments ago. Before Frost could even comprehend the stunning fact that he had been hit, Frank was on top of him again, raining down a volley of punches on him. This sequence of events when Frost quickly. And my excuse only made things worse. "Kept after school?" he said, his voice thudding at me like his hand would be doing before next Tuesday. "I guess you've been back-sassing your teachers." He shook his head, wagging it slowly in pious wonderment. "I just don't know how I could get me such a pretty little thing, and have her grow up so ornery and mean," he said. "Doggone it, girl, I ain't never seen the match to you, with them blue eyes and that white hair and just built no bigger than a. And he lets go of her and starts to walk away. She looks back and then at him again as he starts to turn a corner and she yells "Wait" And shuffles over to him quickly. Turning the corner he stops and unlocks a door. Light shines warmly from inside as he enters and she reluctantly follows. There's a fire in a fireplace and it looks inviting and safe to her. He closes the door and locks the four dead bolts on it and turns to her and asks,"So what are you doing in this part of town? It's.