She stood there, waiting until the wall in frontcrumbled apart, her circle of protection no more.Arialla was waiting in the same spot as before, her b...ack lips spreadinto a familiar smile. Her height drove home just how much Elishe hadshrunk; she hadn't even realized it when she lost height, but the demon'sbreasts had gone from eye level to actually being above the human's head."Well Elishe?" the demon asked, taking a step forward. "Are yousatisfied? Or do you want to go back to that boring old. “Major, when you get those two machines repaired I want the whole area run over with them, if you can,” I said.The Major was interrupted by a call from the two guards, “There is fire equipment wanting to put the fires out?” one of them radioed.“Negative on putting the fire out, I want it to burn out,” I replied. Then to emphasize my point there was another explosion.“Kent, tomorrow when this mess has burned out, get a contractor with an excavator and dozer to dig a big hole and bury the remains. Making a smoking sign with her hand she departed out of the tent as Maggie shuffled closer. ‘You ok?’ Maggie asked. ‘Yeah.’ Beth nodded, she knew where this was going, Maggie had been her closest friend for ten years, since the beginnings of school. ‘You’ve been quiet, you missing Karl?’ Maggie cracked open a tinnie and took a sip. Beth took a long breath, she hadn’t even thought about Karl. They’d been together four years, their break up was still raw and Beth didn’t want to talk about it. . C,” the blonde haired teenager said as he stopped stacking the shelf he was working on and headed for the basement stairs.Less than two minutes later, Patrick Kerrigan returned from the basement with a small cardboard box in his arms. A quick slice with the box cutter he always carried in his pocket took off the top of the box and he placed two small cans on the countertop.“Thank you, Patrick,” Lynn Chen said as, after adding the cost of the canned fruit to the bill, she added the last items to.