"I have a message for you. A courier is on his way to your Manor with a parcel from the Mage Guild."Rennis raised an eyebrow and set his goblet down. ...I am expecting nothing from the Guild Hall, let alone anything that would require so quick a delivery time as to make use of a courier," said Roquan curtly."Be that as it may, Roquan, one is on his way to you." And just what is it he is delivering to me?" A Farviewing pearl bound to someone at the Guild." Oh for the love of the gods," Roquan. In retrospect I must have been a nightmare stepson - bookish, anti social, fiercely protective of my space and property. Katherine, my stepmother, a woman of great beauty and considerable patience had made Herculean efforts to smooth the friction caused by the permanent encampment of two strangers into what I regarded as MY house. In fairness the relationship between us wasn't as dreadful as tradition would expect - our times alone together were pleasant and companionable lulls in the. He was getting food for them to take home. back sat the car and she is gone. he walked the carnival grounds and nothing. She could not be found. So he walked the parking lot and nothing. On the second pass he finds three men standing in front of a van. Talking about the sex going on. one guy saying how shocked she will be when this fellow runs this one in her. others talking about doing a video with him and this woman. he figures its her. he ask and tells the guys its is wife. he is told she. "He hasn't been seen at the mall since he attacked your friend." An officer spoke back. "Some people answering his description were seen in the park at night." Alright," said Paula. As the man wife a knife appear before Paula, he looked at a set of photos and then at her. First he fired a dart containing a knock out drug into Paula's arm. He then used the knife to make a cut across the front of her jogging outfit when the police turned a light on him. "Finally, I found someone from that rotten.