Raat ko mai kahan kha kar jaldi se room me aakar soone ka natak karne laga, thori der me maa bhi didi ke saath aagai, us din maa bahut jaldi kaam khat... kar ke aagai thi, khair mai maa ke soone ka intjaarKarne laga, thori hi der me didi ke jane ke baad maa dhire se bed par aakar let gai, karib ek ghnte tak lete rahne ke baad maine dhire se aankhe kholi aur maa ki taraf sarak gaya, thori der me jab meine varamde ki halki roshni me maa ko dekha to chounk para, maa ne aaj saari ki jagah nighty. “I’ll send a message that you and Frode will go to the restaurant and stay and protect them tonight. As far as I know, that little group shouldn’t be anything more than a group of pickpockets. Most likely they will try to cause some trouble while the others take what’s valuable. We just cannot let that happen at Alva’s workplace.”I had suspected before that Mrs. Hansen - I still had issues thinking of her as Elise - held at least part of that business and now I was sure of it. Even if that. Part The Thirteenth.----------------------------The Pain. Her Pleasure. Xi Ling understood how all the keys to his locks worked. She gave Adam to a woman to whom pain was second nature. Agony and death was the thing that teased this woman?s fancy and enhanced her nights of ennui. Slow and sudden agony was her only delight.*****The house was low and stood, squatted in stands of bamboo that fenced in the gardens like a wall. Adam was helped out of the palanquin by one of his guards. He looked. A dagger buried in the snout of the dragon, biting deep in an explosion of soft light. Blood splattered my face. Lady Delilah roared in pain, her head jerking up. She fixed her only remaining eye to her right, hissed in frustration.I followed her gaze. Sophia stood on unsteady feet, blood pouring down her face from her impact with the wall. Her once pure robes were soiled with crimson and browns. She teetered as the dragon raised her right claw, the one not pinning me to the ground, and.