‘Did you know she was going to leave so soon?’ Mandy asked. ‘No. As I said, we hadn’t actually planned anything, including whether or not she ...as staying the night.’ ‘Can I then?’ ‘Stay the night you mean? ‘How about your parents, and Sandra’s?’ ‘Because we’d be so late getting back from the concert I told Mum and Dad I’d stay over at Sandra’s place tonight. Sandra’s parents would probably sleep through a cyclone and she’s going to leave her bed-room window open for me. So, as long as I get. I think I know what awaits me when we get home at the ranch, and I'm not going to like it. But I will deserve every bit of it and more. If my Father asks you to do anything at all, do it immediately and without debate!"That was all she had to say, and we drove the last few miles in silence.It was late afternoon when we drove up the ranch road to the main house. All of the lights were on and there seemed to be a number of party decorations displayed everywhere. All of the family members from. " Chrystal replied holding out her little finger.Madison looked at her friend and began; "It's Harry!" Your brother Harry?" Yes." Madison said looking down at the table blushing." Don't judge me Chrystal," No way,silly, how can I when you know about me and Daddy!" Replied Chrystal, giving her friend a hug.Madison continued. "The other week Harry was in his room and I was downstairs working on an assignment, when I needed to get some papers from my room. I walked upstairs, probably not making. The opening salvo of an uprising that would go lengths to fix the corrupt system that locked mankind in archaic chains of a past neo-feudal age. And as Tomas watched those numbers count down unendingly, he thought of what had led him to this moment. Of all the friends he had made and lost along the way. And how he survived the unsurvivable, only to face the unimaginable.Tomas was the fourth son of a Merchant House sub-clan that looked after their parent House’s mercantile interests in the.