" Out of the corner of my eye I could see Pompoff's face turn blood red; good let someone else lose their temper besides me, now if I could just keep ...y father from pissing me off again. Lana was awaiting the arrival of her mother, though they weren't that close, Lana still held a huge amount of respect for her mother. Finally she was here; Lana knew that now all the players were in place, though she didn't really want to admit it she hoped that Jonathan was as smart as she felt he was.. The Copper had become lodged tightly in her mouth, despite it still being wide open! Several other Coppers had grabbed her feet, and pulled with all their might until the trapped one emerged while screaming in pain as teeth had carved into her. Lily whimpered. She could neither swallow nor spit out the oozing nipples that had been torn off against her teeth and left behind. Thank the Creator that an Ebon had laughingly pulled them out to torment the damaged Copper with! She could have died if. In the end, though, that problem had proved simplest of all to solve."Remember the phone tip you got when I was in jail?" I asked. He gave me an irritated look."Yes, I set it up," I said with a smile. "But it was Spook who made it, using my voice. Well, the voice you've been hearing from me; he's been altering it just enough to screw up your voice-prints, as I expect you found out. But it sure sounded like me, didn't it?"He nodded."Yeah, and the voice-prints match, too, Spook's good with. IQ tests had shown that was blessed with smarts to spare, but he came up short in the motivation department. For the most part, school bored him to death, and that ennui was reflected in his grades. That, of course, drove his parents to distraction since they knew very well what their son was capable of. They tried everything they could think of to get him to apply himself and to make an effort, including an attempt to enlist the aid of his grandmother. That turned out to be a bust because.