..”“I won’t scream.”“Thank you. I could gag you but I’d rather avoid such unpleasantries.”“You? You’ve been killing these women? But...why? asked the deputy.“It’s quite simple really, revenge.”“For your daughter’s rape and murder? But what do these victims have to do with...”“Oh, not the victims themselves. They are simply the instruments of my revenge.”“I don’t understand.”“Let me regress a bit. You were right about my knowing that Burt Toomey was being paroled. I’ve waited patiently these. “Good. Just concentrate on that and try to remove yourself from what’s happening to us. Whatever happens, we’re going to survive it. Just concentrate on that.”“Clair, I’m really, really scared.” She whimpered through her sobbing.“I know, baby. I am too, but we just have to survive. That’s the only thing that’s important.”“Okay.” She mumbled.When the truck stopped, we were dragged out. I heard a large wooden door open and we were shoved to the ground on a hay covered floor. The place smelled of. “So, you didn’t try to give yourself sexual pleasure?”I looked around, some of the boys had their mouths wide open, I blushed the deep red.“N ... No Auntie, I swear, but, could we discuss this in private please?” I tried, I was used to having my cousins around, but those boys ... I didn’t want give them any show. Of course, my aunt shook her head.“No, we will talk here, and you better stop lying Natalia, you know how much I hate lies,” Shee said, and I realized that she had a phone on his. She can suck the soul from a man without him even seeing her beforehand. However, if we ride fast enough, we can hope to avoid her."I had an idea. "Wogal, if you can wait a few minutes, I may be able to help you with this danger." I went into the house and puttered around a few minutes carving some "runes" on a stick. When I returned, I gave Wogal the stick with an admonition, "This sacred rune stick will protect you and your friends from Baraga Locough. Carry it with you at all times, and the.