Nestled beneath the drooping branches in the vines which covered the giant tree, Myka finally succumbed to her exhaustion.Myka awoke with a start, the...sun well into the sky, kicking out at the thornjump which had been nipping her toe. The young Ce'al heard the calls of the carrion birds she vaguely remembered seeing on her way through the ruins of Mynar the night before and began weeping again. She had no idea what to do now that her home was destroyed and her family killed or taken. That’s when you got hurt. How was that not my fault?”“You remembered?”“Yeah.”“Well, do you remember when they first burst into the house and I got knocked down. That’s when I hit my head. That wasn’t anything to do with you.”“Oh.”“And then later you were rescuing me. You dropped me when you were trying to rescue me. I landed on my shoulder. It hurt but I never blamed you for that. I was dizzy from the knock on the head but I could have walked on my own if they hadn’t taped me up. That was. After a quick look around for Janice - she was stillnowhere to be found - I headed for the door. Biff was waiting with another drink. The party continued. After a couple of hours, I was a little drunk, having downedhalf a dozen drinks myself. I don't think Biff left my side andwe had three or four more dances and I was slowly introduced toeveryone the party as Stephanie, the new girl. I don't knowwhether it was the alcohol or just the fact that I hadn't beencaught, but I was almost. Chapter 1For my dad it started on a summer day in the 1970s of the central Pennsylvania area.Both my dad and uncle were raised on a farm that was connected to other of our family farms on all side. Dad has 2 brothers an 4 sisters and they were a close family and all the cousins had many good times. There were 25 cousins in all in the 5 families. They farmed the land and raised dairy and beef cattle, hogs, and sheep. The farm work for all the farms was mostly a shared task for everyone.What.