The woman smiled at the men's jealousy over her."Reese, LeBron - LeBron, Reese," you boys play nice ok?LeBron got up off the bed and approached Reese;...they checked each otherout, circling each other like a couple of dogs sniffing asses buteventually they shook hands.The woman waved her glass at Reese in a questioning way."Nah, still working but I'll take a beer," he said and the woman indicatedthe fridge with her chin.Reese took a beer and they all sat down at the small wobbly table."So what's. Who knew what those old men would do about her theft?It was too dark to see who the individual men were. There was a smoky fire burning in the fire pit, but it was mostly coals. Every once in a while a disembodied hand appeared over the coals and dropped some herbs into the fire. Sweet and somehow scary smells came from those herbs, and they made Loni's head spin. She had wanted her mother to come with her to the council, but she'd refused. She'd said something Loni didn't understand: "You're a. The agonizing trip finally came to an end and I was on my way home from the airport. As I made the drive, I actually wished the trip had been extended. I still didn't know how to deal with this situation.I walked into the house and prepared for the worse. I was greeted at the door, however, not by an angry, upset wife, but by a smiling one. She gave me a big hug and a kiss and asked the normal "How was your trip?" questions. As I carried in my bags and engaged in conversation, I looked around. Suddenly, she hears a howl so loud it drowns out everything else. Startled, she realizes it’s coming from close by, in fact, it seems to be coming from just behind the far hedge of their backyard. A wolf, here? She never heard of wolves coming this close to town. She sees something sticking out behind the hedge, she squints her eyes and it looks… Like a head, a wolf’s head. How can that be? The hedge is at least 6 foot tall. Then, the head sharply turns, its eye looking straight into hers. She.