The pines shut out the light, covering the ground in pine needles. No secondary canopy, no way to hide his trail on the pine needles.The forest ended ...t the junction of the Dunmar River and one of its many tributaries. The game trail turned west at the edge of a deep chasm. Ree'al continued north, climbing down the almost vertical cliffs of limestone. The un-named tributary was colder than the Dunmar itself, Ree'al abandoned his plans to float down it. He crossed as quickly as possible and. The Mistress gave me a fine dress and Jenkins, touchingly, a veiled hat. I was affected by this particularly, since I knew she had a deep love of veiled ladies. She fussily arranged the hat and small veil and looked at me with what I can only call lust, so much so that Maria whispered, ‘Please, Miss Jenkins, remember that I have a proprietorial claim to our Madeleine.’ Her good-natured remark drew laughter and smiles from all, for our love was no secret. But, birthday or not, the household’s. " He turned to my wife."Hello Dani."Dani stood to greet him. "Hello Gabe. Is he going to live?"He looked over my chart and placed my x-rays in the lighted frame on thewall before returning his attention back to me. "Other than two crackedribs and the nasty gash I need to stitch up, everything appears betterthan fine. You must take great care of your body."After he bandaged my ribs, Gabe sat beside me on a stool to work on myleg. He paused to look at my ankle. "Lovely tat Ty. I have never. “Uhh… okay? See you later.” As I was walking back to the room I must have replayed that 2 second memory in my head a million times. I opened the door and sat on the bed with this dazed look in my eyes. My cousin Isaac suspected something and began questioning me “What happen to you? Grandma gave you a beating too?” “No, Marry just kissed me on the lips.” “What!? You serious? What? How? Why?” “I don’t know, we were just sitting there talking and she jus kissed me right on the lips.” “Holy Shit,.