“Claire...” “I’m Baxtor. You look amazing Claire.” I blushed, “Thank you. I was just headed out” I said to avoid conversation; my friend... had already started chuckling.“Could you join me for a drink Claire?” He asked cordially. I shook my head; I wanted to get out of there pronto. “Just one Claire, that’s it” He was smiling making his beautiful eyes glint adorably. My pack interjected on my behalf, “She can join you!” I gave them my ‘I’ll kill you for this eyes’ I gave in. “Fine, just one” He. The next thought Julia had was a dull pain in the back of her head as she woke up on the floor of the basement still laying in the pentagram she’d so carefully drawn. Pulling herself up to her hands and knees Julia screamed and jumped out of the circle as she felt something slap against her ass. She jumped out of the circle and turned around as she backed up against the wall, across the room from her as a boy about the same age as her but his eyes were pitch black as he watched her. The black. .., and there is something special about the area where it sits. The only date anyone assigns to it is "before the war." I'm not exactly sure how long ago that was, because in this area "before the war" can mean anything from before the latest screw up in the mid-east to before the revolutionary war of 1776 or even some Indian war before that. Regardless of when it was, everyone who grew up around here knows the story, so everyone thinks they know which war is being talked about.That may. I offered no resistance and settled down. Adeel sat close to me."Wanted to ask you something," he began, then stopped, looking somewhat unsure.I was suddenly very happy. My husband had approached me after almost two years. I suppressed my tears of joy."What do you want?" I don't know how to ask you. Are you... do you..." He fumbled for words. "Actually what I wanna know that are you happy with abbu?"I didn't understand what he meant; I stared him questioningly."I... I mean," he stammered, "do.