It was just a shadow but it moved further across each picture. Then there was a ripple in the skin of her forehead that turned into a bump. The next p...cture was the start of the stumble and the beginning of the explosion.There was a knock on the door; Eric, Frank, and Len were there, “We are almost ready to start.”“I’m not ready yet; they will wait. Take a seat,” I said as I pointed to a chair.In the next picture the burka had started to expand like a gust of wind was under it; there signs of. I flattened myself against the door and waved at Arlene to head to the back of the house. I gave her a few minutes to get into position before I opened the door.Dammit, the door was locked. I hated to waste the bullets, but I fired a short burst that tore the door lock to pieces. I then kicked the door open and poked the barrel of the Tommy Gun through the doorway. That drew a pistol shot that did not surprise me in the least, but it told me where to find one of the crooks. I swung the muzzle a. The big spider was spread all over his chest and seemed to have been burned into him as a child. Along his neck were elaborate tattoos that snaked like snakes across his arms. These were held in a dark purple and were of a craftsmanship that indicated a true grandmaster.When he heard the words of the two, the young warrior looked up for the first time. He was completely exhausted but he sensed a fight. These worms would be the first to feel his wrath. And surely they had some gold coins with. Here is a man of wealth and status, standing naked on a $2,000 couch, a red petrol can lying on the floor beside him, emptied of its contents only moments ago. On the table in front of him, his clothes are neatly folded and stacked, his cell phone beside them. He holds in his hand a packet of cheap matches, which he could strike to life at any moment and turn the room into an blazing inferno. It would an absurd scene to any onlooker, with her draped in a fur shawl and evening gown by the door,.