He let out a huff of frustration and dismay, looking at his hands and arms. What would his aura look like now? He glared at Amadashiel and caught her ...mug grin before she carefully schooled her features to look repentant. Ashriel narrowed his eyes and bared his teeth in rage before gripping Amadashiel by her arm to lead her down the ramp. She dragged her feet and pulled against his hold. He let her go when they stood before the double doorway into the small lounge and scowled down at her.. Permission to distribute this work is granted provided that it is redistributed in its unaltered entirety, no fee is charged, and proper attribution is given as to author and original location of posting. Failure to comply with any or all of the requirements constitutes copyright infringement. * ‘Hey, sleepyhead, wake up! Are you really going to sleep through your birthday?’ Tom groaned at the overly cheerful sound of his mother’s voice. Birthdays were always a little bittersweet to him, since. Sammy came home and said that the real estate arm of the company would buy her house and resell it for her. "My office is having a lunch for me tomorrow and they want to meet my husband," she said."I would be glad to meet them, but they need to meet your college classmate who is helping you move, also," I said."I would never dream of leaving Andie out," Sammy sniffed at me about my comment."I know that, Sugar," Andie said, "Mac didn't know your work situation." Is something odd about your work. In fact I have been buying my own clothes and so forth since I got out of high school. I even help with food but she could have waited at least until after the funeral. Then, on top of that, she said I needed to take care of all the arrangements and she called him all sorts of names. Bea was there and she was just as bad. All she cared about was eating so she and her friends could go out. When I left they were in the dining room laughing and joking while they ate supper. I just stopped in here.