." Licorice?" My mom rolled her eyes back at me."Yeah." I poured some popcorn in the pan. "We're gonna watch Casablanca." Tiff, I know you love him, b...t..."Ding-Dong ... The doorbell rang." ... Oh shoot, he's here already ... How do I look? Am I okay?" Mom hit the panic button, touching her blonde hair, smoothing her dress, looking down at her shoes, and trying to check her tight round butt all at the same time."Perfect!" I grinned, shoving her out of the kitchen and into the ever loving arms. Usually a HEFW shredded anything it was pointed at. But then the kids operating it had no real experience, so hadn't held the trigger down for more than a quick burst. Plus I guess the demonic taint did offer a degree of robustness.Still it had very nearly gone all pear shaped. After the beast body guard was dispatched I expected her mistress to just leave her to take the fall. Instead, the demon raced over to her aid. Even taking a hit to her face. Which in my surprise, I had been unable to. No bony model was she. Cynthia wore a black dress, falling down to the top of her black boots, a black winter jacket covering her top.It was not until your eye returned to her face that one noticed she had no eyes.Menolly smiled at her sister-in-law. The woman not bothering with the sun glasses today amused her. Which was good. There would be no amusement to be had from her oldest sister.Violet dropped down against the snowbank, cursing. The woman that crawled around to the front of the van had. I lost more when it happened to me." This news brought up Henry short. Lindzi was so confident, so self-assured, so much in control, how could someone have fooled her? It turned out that the mark had been someone else but it didn't make any difference, she had lost everything anyway. When she was married, she had been office manager at her husband's law firm. One day the bank had called to confirm a request to transfer several tens of thousands of dollars out of the client money account. It.