MARISKA, his voice boomed inside our heads. It was something felt rather than heard, a psychic blast rather than a physical voice. YOU FOOL, he contin...ed, SOMEONE WHO STILL CARRIES THE BLOOD OF THE DRAGONSLAYER YET LIVES.The blood of the who now!? Did he mean the lord paramount’s family?“That’s impossible, great Firelord!” Mariska pleaded, kneeled before the dragon, “The lord’s family was all in their box! I burned them all myself!”SILENCE YOU WORM! That time the voice boomed loud enough to. "Alice? You need a ride?" No. I'm good." Don't be ridiculous. Get in."She shrugged and got in the passenger side. I started driving but didn't say much. I saw her house up ahead and kept going, even though she had spoken up and said it was her house."You missed the turn Mr. Whitmire." Yeah I know Alice. I wanna show you something first."She had gone quiet but I could feel her nervousness. I drove to a spot where I liked to take the girls. It wasn't anything nice. Just small overlook with woods. ”She looked up again, and a quirky smile appeared on her face. “I’m stayin’ here. Hit me with it.”“This isn’t information you can share, Cassidy. It’s intensely personal.”“You can trust me. I wouldn’t violate your confidence.”I nodded and decided to just say it plainly. “Nicole isn’t cheating on me, not at all. I’ve been aware of her relationships from the beginning.”“I don’t underst-.”“And I approved of them,” I interrupted her. “I still approve of them.”Realization crossed her face, and she. Off of onecorner of the gym is the locker room - rows and rows of lockers, withwooden benches for us to sit on when we are dressing and undressing.At the opposite corner of the gym are the showers - you go down acorridor and a half flight of stairs to get to two large rooms withnothing in them except for rows of shower heads along the walls. If youkeep on going down the stairs for another couple of flights you get tothe swimming pool. So when you're getting into your gym clothes, or inthe.