Rose had only tasted wine once, and had found it acid and unappealing, but upon taking a polite sip from her glass she found the liquid within was som...thing altogether different, an extraordinary melange of complex flavours that spread through her mouth like the warmth from a hearth. For a few minutes, they ate and drank in silence. On a couple of occasions Rose thought she could feel The Beast’s inhuman green eyes regarding her with a hunger that had nothing to do with their repast, but. ”They continued their trek till they reached the next ninety-degree turn. Upon reaching it, they turned to see a vast room ahead of them.“Alright ... the first trial,” Sekhmet said. “Be ready.”They proceeded forward as the passageway led to the vast openness of the room. The torchlight would only go so far, and the darkroom wasn’t wholly lit.“Uh ... I don’t prefer fighting in the dark,” Taweret responded nervously.Ammit stepped ahead of the two as she scanned the darkness. She began to growl a. “There's no one home,” said the voice.I turned to see Mr. Reynolds coming up the driveway.“Tommy?” Mr. Reynolds questioned.“Yes, Mr. Reynolds,” I responded. “Your parents went to Atlanta to see your sister and their new grandchild,” he informed me. “They asked me to watch the house and collect the mail, since Gwen’s parent are also out of town. Oh sorry to hear about Gwen.”“Thank you, Mr. Reynolds. Do you have a key?” I asked.“No, I do not. There was no reason for me to get inside,” he. Added to that, he was a real thug and was always getting into fights. Resultantly, five months into her pregnancy, she gave Doug his marching orders.After Doug fucked off he didn’t have any contact with Dylan until Dylan was sixteen-years-old. Thereafter, Doug regularly began seeing his son, and they bonded very well and would often go out fishing together. Martha didn’t mind this at all and actually encouraged it.The younger boy, Lester, who was seven-years-old did not know who his dad was..