Discarded old sheets lay in a heap near some broken bottles. I muttered to myself, “Guess I couldn’t have expected much help from criminals hiding...out of fear.”Evening had fallen into night by the time I reached the second flower. The world took on its colorless shade as my eyes adjusted to the lightless gloom. It felt easier to make out details like that. As I continued my inspection It made sense to me that people thought it was the work of a single killer. There was a clear pattern.Every. ” I replied with a grateful tone.“Besides, part of this trip is learning about what you can do with your new body. You’ll be learning about your new abilities today while we’re out. You’ll earn your gifts, both physical and magical, today. Will this work for your sensibilities my dear Meredith?” I felt like this was a lesson that I needed to learn and that I needed to remember it for the future. But I recognized what she was saying. She also told me that the place we were going was a perfect. Few remembered a rather nasty incident a hundred and forty-five years before that included a couple of royal princes, their people, Seth and the Dragon Queen Fleur. Fleur and Ricky’s father had forced the six Queens to create the province for the dragons to stop it happening again.Seth was named as the hereditary ruler, or more precisely the caretaker of the dragons. As his only child, Ricky had inherited the mantle when his father died. At the time, it was the best that Seth could do to. I was returning from a morning jog when I spotted the removals van at the house down the road. The house had been vacant for some time, having been previously occupied by a elderly lady. There was nothing in the spy cams in that house that would excite me.I decided to check the cams to see who was moving in, but that would have to wait. I had to shower and make myself presentable for an interview with a local journalist. She wanted to interview me about my home based business which I had.