She turns some into animals, she keeps them in jars.From the day you were brought into her world, she has been building to something. She rebirths sev...ral others like you, several other conduits with golden neck rings. She treats you the nicest of them. You are her pride. Maybe because you were the first, maybe for some other reason. The others do not stand over her bed, the others do not provide relief from her dreams.There are four of you when she says the time has come for the ritual. She. " We start walking towards his house in complete silence. I think we both realize that his really awkward but neither one of use want to break the silence. That's when he says, "So are you wearing girl's clothes under your sweats?" "Yea I didn't want anyone seeing me wear this." After a few minutes we arrive right outside his house and he tells me to take off my sweats the moment we walk in his house.I do exactly as he asks and he says, "Damn you went all out with those clothes." I giggle a. " As the footman pushed in the tea cart Chloe who couldn't understand why her Aunt was being so cold to Laurel started chatting about how much she thought Laurel would enjoy going to a soiree or two while she was in town. Laurel pouring tea with every bit of grace Lady Joan had taught her, listened to Chloe chatter, Revanche filling in about some of the sights of town. They talked about how much Revanche enjoyed learning from Mr. Tetly, Laurel filled Re in on the goings on that she knew about. I would just deal with Abby in my usual professional manner and get away from there at the earliest possible moment. The morning traffic had been kind and it was just after 9am as I drove into the car park adjustment to the shopping precinct in Lane Cove. By the time I walked to the cafe where I was to meet Abby I knew I would still be early but that suited me as it would give me time to get my head into the right space. As a consequence of the warmth of the day, I had dressed in summer-like.