“Good Lord Eldred is not the real power in this town, but few know that.”Sara suddenly noticed that even with the street quickly filling with peop...e, no one came closer than about ten paces to the cloaked man. In fact, they were going out of their way to skirt around him. She decided it was time to be gone. “I’ll be on my way now, sir,” she said politely. “A good morning to you.”His cowl, which hadn’t shifted since he’d started talking, still didn’t move an inch, but she got the sense that he. "I get out ofschool then. Unless I can skip school and come in earlier?" She lookedhopefully at her mother."Not a chance," the mother said. "You can book for 4, if that time isopen." It is all open," Ariel said. "The appointment book is empty right now.In fact, if you want I could take you right now. It would give me achance to test out all my equipment and how it is arranged." Oh, Mom, can I?" the girl gushed."Well, I have some shopping to do at the mall," the mother said. "But ifyou would. I am cuddled up with the bag in my lap, it takes us a good 45 mins to get out on the open road, the truck is cruzing smoothly and we begin small talk, his name is Ravinder Singh (name changed), works for this transport company out of Bhavnagar and is originally from a small village inPunjab, he has a wife and 3 kids and they all reside in the village. I tell him some bits about me and we continue, typical Punjabi music is playing in his truck and is at a light comfortable level. I do not see a. Kirsa slid away before Maran could punch her, being evasive with a playful streak. It wasn’t a bad idea, just highly inconvenient for the older of the two. Before she could step forward again, the post came flying from the side, clocking Maran in the temple. She cursed and walked to the side of the room. The pain was immediate and prolonging and she wanted it to stop Now! Her little sister began to walk to the back porch. When Hamelin’s sound began to carry again, Maran punched the wall and.