A musical voice with a mischievous hint to it followed, “You brat Milla. Why did I have to find out you all were back from that asshat, Dereck? You ...hould have said something in your last letter.” I turned toward the voices when I exited the staircase and was once again struck dumb.“Why me,” floated through my head and out my mouth, unbidden.Upon hearing my voice, they both turned and Milla doubled over laughing. I couldn’t take my eyes from her friend, though. Standing there in armor from the. . after General Beking finished, neither Cardinal Northstar nor General Logan opened their mouths to further embarrass themselves.“Making this judgment on our own still feels wrong, in my opinion”. Archbishop Silternjan insisted. “You said it yourself, Beking, currently in the Grand Abode is an Ascended Elite, whose authority in the Holy Palace higher than both mine and Northstar, and a young postulant who even His Holiness cherish deeply, not to mention her parents. By complying with the. Ian pulled harder and lifted both boxes. Ian arched his brows again. Were they stuck? Did he need to take apart the outer box to get the inner one out? Ian looked at the box again.“What the hell?” Ian said spotting the thumb and finger ‘notches’ on the corner of the package, “Those weren’t there a minute ago.”Out of nowhere a pair of indentations appeared that were perfectly cut to for a thumb and index finger to grip. Ian put his left hands on the corner of the outer box and pulled the handle. “As most of you have no idea what went on, Leo was attacked by two male cave lions, those two females were with the two males. By the time Tarna, Cleo, and I arrived, Leo was in a standoff with the four of them. Cleo got to know the two female cats, because she is much larger, and I am sure all of the cave lions thought she was a male also. One of the lions turned his head away from Leo, and after a quick swipe of a paw from Leo, Leo was now facing just one cave lion.Leo may have killed him,.