She smiled at Lord Hawke, then held her hand out to Deni. Deni looked at Hawke in a near panic. He chuckled and said, “Go to her, she wants you to f...el the vibes. It’s okay, she not going to bite you. Her name is Celeste. Be brave for once in your life..go” Deni slid from her chair to go to her knees on the soft padding in front of the woman. Celeste smiled and said, “Hello. I just want you to feel at home here with us, and I want to share how wonderful this feels with you.” She nodded to. Axel sighed, it sounded like something Rayner would do. Stupid hero. Not like he had much of choice. If he refused, Axel would still be asleep, or dead.He thanked the man and went to get his things. Maybe he could catch up with Rayner if he hurried.He could hear a commotion coming from outside, people were screaming. John was out the door first. Outside villagers ran around in chaos. John stopped one of the villagers. “What is going on?”“Attack. Goblins, wolves, kobolds, worms, drill birds.. It was like that all week. Every practice, there was more people there, apparently to support Warren and Sophia. There was even a decent crowd for the compulsory dances, which is unheard of."You see what I told you?" Sophia told him in their room one night after they had discussed it. "You chose love over hate. You chose hope over despair. And you're getting it all back." And then some," Warren agreed, a little teary-eyed at the thought. "I'm so glad you kicked my ass into getting back on the. [-][+][-]Once upon a time there was a mighty Oak Tree in a grassy meadow. It wasa part of a farm owned by a farmer that loved the land and caredfor the Oak Tree. One day the farmer brought a bundle to the tree andsaid to the tree, "Oh Mighty Oak, here is my son that I love. He shallbe taught to love you as I have loved you all of these years."Then the Mighty Oak Tree formed a soft cradle to bed the bundle whilethe farmer tended the fields.As the boy grew up, he began to tend the Mighty Oak and.