"The young teen leaped through the curtains that shaded off the open archways from the garden, her flaming spear held before her. Kayleah and Ann, Fat...ma's two concubines, were right behind her. Ann's face was bruised and Fatima's red silks were covered in dust.Her spear stabbed into one of the constructs. Fire flared, and the construct turned. Cracks formed across its body as it moved, dust sloughing off in hard chunks and falling to the floor. Fatima baked the dust homunculi into clay brick,. ” She moaned as a trickle of clear liquid followed it out. “Keys Natalia!” I demanded, holding out my hand. They were slapped into my palm and I quickly reached up and unlocked one of the cuffs. Ashley dropped to the ground in a heap; I followed her down and cradled her head in my arms as she tried in vain to move her extremities. Natalia took the keys and unlocked the other cuff before bouncing over to the table and putting on her own clothes. “Are you okay Ashley?” I asked,. “Chief will be glad to know that he once again met the high marks in cuisine.”Amanda slowly ate her food occasionally gazing across the table at Kent. A thought crossed her mind and she slyly grinned at the concept. Slipping off one of her heals she used her foot to caress Kent’s calf. Kent stopped eating and looked right into her eyes as she did so, he took a deep sip of wine finishing his glass. They continued to eat a little quicker as Amanda stroked his leg with her foot continuing up under. ’ ‘I can’t wait to see him.’ ‘Who’s Jack Redman?’ The other three looked at Lana Kennedy and sighed knowing she did enjoy her little jokes. As a senior Jack had been a high school hero, leading Blewett High to victory in its first-ever interschool zone soccer championship, scoring a sizzling goal just under the crossbar from 40 feet out with 38 seconds to go to draw the contest 1-1 and then three minutes into extra time he curled in a penalty past the defending wall to win the game. In swimming.