It is why the shot you gave me to purge the drugs from my system took such a toll on me physically. I was not fully recovered from the last beating I ...eceived."Dan opened his arms without thinking. "Come closer to me." He said to her. Anuk looked at him with sudden fear in her eyes and Dan saw this. "My body temperature runs about four degrees higher that the normal human and elf. We put off a lot of body heat. It will chase away the chill."Anuk saw in his eyes that he had no ulterior motives. .. off the boat and made our getaway in the confusion. Then we sailed for Espiritu Santo on our way to the Solomons.After the last war, the German possessions in the Pacific were split up and parceled out to the allies. Japan gained Germany’s islands north of the equator, the Marshall Islands, the Carolines, the Marianas and the Palaus, German Samoa went to New Zealand; German New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago and Nauru were mandated to Australia.Australia was interested in New Guinea; gold. Praise the lord, forever and ever amen. Then the preacher man told us how we, too, could be ‘saved’ by the righteousness of the lord. I wanted to fucking puke. My Uncle would have wrung that man’s neck like a chicken, and that bastard stood there telling lie upon lie to sell his church any way he could. I know, I was there when he died. Those fuckers. They use every funeral as a commercial for the church. Days after my Uncle’s funeral my Aunt asked my Mother and I if we would attend a new. Six parents angry; all 'twould take was a sparkTo set off their anger; for peace three must strive."We're sorry! We're sorry!" was all they could say,And quivered and quavered and started to pray.Ohmygawd! What price for their crimes would they pay?The mothers had planned for this very situation;Paul's house would function as an impromptu police station."You'll obey us," they said, "without hesitation!We expect no resistance, though you'll want to swear.You'll have your night of tricking and.