When? How? What happened?”“It’s almost been a couple of years now. We’d been stalked and harassed for months in different ways by a nut case n...med Myron Tanner who had worked for Worthington Industries for a short time. He was dismissed for cause and took issue with that. After many incidents, a time in jail, he escaped and came after us again; this time with intent to harm or kill. We believe he intended to shoot Elsa and Cindy while they had lunch in a sidewalk café. They expected a possible. ” I began quietly.“And what do your Aunties do to you, naughty boy?” Doreen chipped in.I shot her a quick look before returning my gaze to Nicola Patton.“If I have been naughty, Auntie Doreen and Auntie Maureen make me take all of my clothes off and they smack my bottom, just like Miss Kominsky and Mrs. Wheeler did to us when we were at school.” I shuffled around awkwardly, knowing that Nicola was finding this hilarious, biting her lip to stop herself from laughing.“And then what do Auntie. Before dawn, we were saddling and packing as we ate our oatmeal and dried fruit. This trip, Iipe Bia led the way. Her horse was exactly what you’d imagine if someone said, “Indian pony.” The black and white paint horse was a couple of hands shorter than a typical Quarter Horse, and had a more slender build. The mare didn’t have that fat Quarter Horse butt. I noticed that none of the horses were shod. None of them seemed to have any trouble on the rough trail. I was definitely going to have to. To each their own, I guessed, but I would not want this wizard standing beside me in a conflict, that I knew. Still, I was an apprentice only, and it was not my place to look down on this wizard. I kept my opinions to myself."They tried to give us butchered meat," Labo complained when we were on the trail again."And it smelled funny," Kei added. "We refused it, saying we had eaten recently and were not hungry." Did it smell like spoiled meat, or something else?" I asked them."Something else,".