Turner fell out the side of the truck and onto the grass He crawledon his hands and knees toward the path to the cabin. Turner stopped as a anotherlou... crack in his back made him scream like a woman. He clawed at his shirt andripped it off. He slowly removed his now loose fitting shoes, pants, and boxers.Through the truck's window Preston could see Turner's problem as he was bathedin the moonlight. Turner's ribs caved in, becoming much smaller around hisshrinking insides. This brought him up on. " Then she walked past me headed for Angie's room and I thought shit was going to hit the fan. She opened Angie's door and just sticking her head inside said "Your dad and I are going shopping in the morning Angie. Good night." "OK, nite mom" I heard Angie say and saw mom head back to her bedroom. Shit that was luck I thought to myself as I grabbed a brownie from the fridge.I couldn't help but wonder how mom didn't see Jake so I quietly opened Angie's door again just in time to peek in and see. I clean up his plate and glass and then we head back to work. After work he invites me to his place again for games and dinner. I agree and ask what we're having."Nothing special. I though we'd just get a pizza." That sounds good." I replied."Tell you what, why don't you go home and shower and change then bring the pizza over. Say about 6:30." Yes, Sir." I replied without even realizing I had said it again.So at 6:30, I knocked on Mark's door with pizza in hand. I had also picked up a 6-pack of. We hope,” Morgana added.The following day, having been contacted by Jerhz, Morgana and I portalled to Azurana near the town of Zudraj and were met by a sanctum of women led by Teali, an Azuran well known to us.“Mages,” she greeted us respectfully.“Teali,” we replied.“How goes your work?” I added.“So, so,” she replied. “The Malakha have almost withdrawn from the land, but have cracked down hard in the towns and villages.”“So, if the people can get out... ?” Morgana asked.“We can now easily get.