I don’t want anyone, or anything, being injured by accident.”“Absolutely. I’ll order the equipment and have it all installed by some friends w...o know what to do.”“I can see something going wrong and we end up taking out our friendly herd of deer.”“I’ll make sure the guys make it as safe as possible, son.”I looked at the carnage around the cabin and was thankful that my mother was a bit paranoid. The perimeter of Claymores had taken out all 12 men as they fired on the cabin. I warned them and. "Master, what are you taxing yourself with now? I sense you are expending a great deal of energy on something. Is it what I am to learn today?" Nimue said as she entered Merlin's cave.Merlin immediately felt himself lose his connection to Eoric and the thread he had been trying to follow into his own thoughts was also severed. A feeling of lassitude washed over him and he asked himself why he was trying so hard to identify the shadow, how important could it be anyway?Nimue had caught a glimpse. Had I not looked so utterly devastated and out of my mind with paralyzing fear I am sure I would have seen how attractive I looked in the mirror when Daddy showed it to me. As it were my mirror image, the chastity cage clearly visible, just made me sob harder.On the drive to the clinic I felt an intense need to escape, to just open the car door and jump out. I was just about to try it when it hit me: What would I do out there? Who would want me out there anymore? How would I even get by now,. It would be a mistake to dismiss the large man with the ready smile and small pistol on his hip as harmless. Waylon knew the man was a skilled shooter. Alphonso Srabian was an Armenian immigrant whose pride in his American citizenship knew no bounds. He was relentlessly cheerful, a fervent supporter of the Second Amendment, and the first acquaintance Waylon had made in town.Alphonso made the same joke about Waylon's name that he always did. The large man was one of the few people who could get.