’ Karen started sobbing so loudly she was barely able to catch her breath. ‘And then…and then…Oh, God, Erin. I…I’m so sorry.’ Even thoug... Erin was pretty sure of what Karen was going to tell her next, she had to know. She had to hear it. ‘Go on.’ Karen sniffled and dabbed her eyes, ‘I asked them where you and James were because I knew you weren’t in the car. And they said you were fine. Bastards.’ Erin shook her head. The memory of looking around as she lay in the ditch on the side of the road. Moving my face closer to hers our lips locked. It was such a passionate kiss and our tongues explored each other's mouth. My hands dropped to her waist at first, and then lower.At first my hands were below her arse cheeks and then as i raised then up at the same time i lifted her dress with them, riding up. She was wearing sexy white cotton knickers and my hands were running across her bum cheeks as we continued to kiss with real intensity. The moment felt like a release for all of the sexual. Brought you to Aethiopia? Why?”“You tell us,” Otrera said. “This places certainly seems like it’s being oppressed by something magical. I can’t walk the streets without feeling like death. Ancient creatures prowl the outskirts and the roads alike. And unless I’m mistaken, you’ve all been branded like cattle. Like sacrifices.” Pointing to each marked person and the brand on their forearms, she glowered.“Andromeda, that is her name?” Patrius sighed, and exposed his forearm. He had no brand. “I. With eyes the colour of malachite and as sharp as a dagger he surveyed the valley, smiling when he caught sight of the river below, glittering like a silver ribbon and marking the border between the barren spire-lands and the forests beyond. He stretched and ventured back out into the blinding whiteness. As he approached the bottom of the valley, he noticed that the spires had begun to be decorated with a variety of offerings in a multitude of styles. Garlands of dry flowers, straw dolls,.