“Most runts are abandoned by their mothers. Don’t get your hopes up.”Once the puppies were fed, and Lady and Prince were settled with the sleepi...g pups, we all crept out of the room to collapse in our sitting room. Jaro and Donal excused themselves, leaving Alistair and I with Cailan.“Well this is a surprise!” I grinned at my brother-in-law after accepting a warm hug. “Couldn’t have sent a warning or something?”He chuckled. “What would be the fun in that? Besides, I told you I’d be coming.”“You. ‘Hi, where’s Kathy? I haven’t seen her at school.’ ‘She’s up in her room, Freddie.’ ‘Is she sick?’ ‘She’s depressed.’ Depressed? That’s not a reason to miss school, I thought. We were all depressed at sometime or another. Besides, not many mentioned depression back then. Usually, it was he or she wasn’t feeling like themselves or was a bit under the weather. Suddenly, a modern day vision of depression portrayed on a full screen Plasma TV entered my mind. ‘Okay, for the last time, this is the. "Own, please stop." A tear fell from Megan's cheek as she sniffed back another sound of pain. Crack. Jason focused on swinging the belt evenly and consistently. He tried not to give into his wife's pleas, waiting for the signal from her that what he was doing reached the point he intended. With one final, crack, Megan opened up into a string of low sobs. Jason lowered the belt. He rubbed her lower back, as she leaned forward more and rested her head on the table. Both of her hands slid back and. He had been given the blood of a virginity willing to partake in the spell. He had been offered burnt flesh to consume. The chant was not perfect, but it was close enough. Even the symbols had been done well enough. “It was not done perfectly, but all of the formalities have been observed so far and so I must keep the formalities on my end.” From a pocket of his suit jacket he pulled out a pen. Clicking the button at the back a razor point appeared where the pen tip should have been.“I thought.