Damiano took their coats, hung them up, then walked to the bar. ‘What would you like?’ he asked. ‘Ah…whatever you’re having,’ Lori replied... He fixed their drinks, handed Lori hers, then walked to a stereo and turned it on. Soft, mellow music filled the room. Mr. Damiano set his drink down and looked at Lori. ‘Care to dance?’ he asked. Thrilled, Lori nodded. She’d never been out with anyone who acted this way. She moved into his arms and almost swooned when his arms went around her. She laid her. Julie was the top in our exploratory geophysics class. I wasn’t the worst but I was definitely the underachiever of the bunch. I did the half of the work that I would turn in correctly and usually finished the tests, but I still would only put in a partial effort. It helped that I understood well logs, but gravity surveying was another matter.We had spent a weekend gathering data the data we needed for the assignment, measuring gravity reading across the small campus on our college. We had been. Unless the crone had trickedher, that path should lead back up and out of the valley and towards thesouthern mountain pass and safety. Running gracefully despite the weightof the pack on her back and the torch and club she carried, the golden-haired girl was almost across the open area when a quick glance behindher confirmed several of the greenish-brown reptilian monsters hademerged from the ruined temple and other buildings and were now inpursuit.Then, by some fickle whim of cruel fate, Cael. “Behold!” Randomir says, breaking up their idle chatter. “Kinrong!”The vampire spectators begin cheering again. Part of the group separates to allow a large, hairy creature through their ranks. The creature looks down and growls before leaping over the rim and landing hard on the ground before the witch.“Behold my pet wendigo,” Randomir spouts. “Please Kinrong and please the crowd and you will have the pleasure of servicing me.”Kinrong snorts, studying the witch for a moment, his muscles.