” She made the last word ‘everywhere’ drip with unmistakable intent. The attendant put the drinks down and left with the expression of a man who...knew this tree wasn’t going to bear fruit and would move on.It wasn’t quite the end of it, though, as an hour later the girls were lying out directly in the sun to work on their front tans. Both had insisted they wanted “beach tans.” I’m not clear how that differs from any other kind of tan but they had calculated a table of times to be in and out of. Hedge as he liked to call himself in jest was actually a large balding middle aged guy around fifty named Ben with a frumpy wife who used to come around the faculty offices thinking she was some kind of queen bee. Regardless, he thought of himself as a kingmaker and a gift to women. I can remember my downfall like it was yesterday. I knocked on his door after grabbing a bite when I finished my last class. ‘Come in, Ms. Ethredge.’ He looked up over his half lens and saw a tall honey blond with. In the hotel pool changing room I noticed two small holes had been strategically drilled into a cubicle wall. One was at chest height, the other just below waist level. I was curious and took a look, both spy holes provided a surprisingly wide view of the next cubicle. I decided to wait and see if anyone came to use it. After a few minutes I heard footsteps, I opened my cubicle door slightly to see who was coming. I was slightly disappointed at first as a woman in her mid 50s, who I had. The guard was the only person they could see.“There is something wrong, here, ” the Noah persona of the children’s meld stated. They were linked to Syon, ready to feed him power, if he needed it.Quietly edging forward, Syon was conscious of an increased dread that seemed to permeate the very air. He searched for hidden enemies with his mind but the guard was the only person within Syon’s range. Each step felt harder and harder, as if his next step would be into the pit of doom. His stomach.