Confronting and threatening him wouldn’t work as it would carry no weight and he could flip the whole thing on me. I couldn’t tell the cops or his...parents because that would require me to say what had occurred and that was exactly what I didn’t want. If I did nothing, I couldn’t be sure that he wouldn’t brag to one of his friends. My son could never find out and that was about the only thing clear in my head.“I can’t lie about it and try to pin it all on Brad. I mean, it’s not like I didn’t go. The numbers are difficult to know how many there are hiding within the woods, and caves long abandoned by Dwarves they live in groups always on the prowl for a fight. Recently they have collected a temporary truce with Vampires and Demons to reclaim the losses they have suffered under men’s’ new toys.Vampires: Shown in two versions one as dark elves and the other as a winged bat. As dark elves they possess the same attributes as elves with one flaw that being that they can only be seen in. That could come later, but I might even have a few days off before too long, then again, maybe not,” he answered mysteriously. Without thinking, he abruptly asked, “If I should have to move, would you go with me?”“What?” she exclaimed. “What’s going on, Mike? Why should you have to move? I thought you liked Seattle. Has something...”“Please, Baby,” he interrupted, “just answer that one question and I’ll tell you everything.”“Well, of course I would if you have to move. You’re the guy I’m going. I couldn't help but wonder, why wasn't she fighting me? Why was she letting me treat her like this? Granted, I hadn't used the crop on her, but the threat was implied. I had been sure she would call a halt when I started waving it around, but she just started acting like, like ... a slave. Could it be? Is this what she really wanted? Was this why my little sister hadn't had a steady boyfriend? Because none of them would treat her like this?I reached out and ran the end of the ridding crop over.