You remember that talk we had last year, when we let you start dating?" Oh, Mom..." I sighed. "Not the birds and the bees again!" Shush ... Are you ..... You're being careful, right?" Mom looked at me hard, even though she might have been a little embarrassed."I'm not letting them do anything, Mom." I had my legs crossed, so my fib didn't really count."I know how teenage boys can be." My mom was being ultra serious. "You have to respect yourself. Don't let them talk you into anything or..." Or. He's taller than I am, dressed in black and dark autumn red. He is wearing a leather hood with a silk mask across his nose and lower face. All I can see are his shinning green eyes. He repeats again, "Relax, slender kitten, it's late and you're moving far too quickly." He walks away from me and rests upon the bark of a fallen tree. "These woods are mine, and you're the first Elf I've seen within them in two hundred years. Please rest here for tonight, I promise to keep you safe."I'm. ’ Marion got off the bench and sat on the ground with her Dad, ‘They’ve taken her someplace to kill her?’ Fletcher, still the father, ‘Let’s get off this wet ground.’ He got up and pulled his daughter up. They both sat on the bench. He answered her, ‘They almost got her yesterday.’ He watched her reaction. He thought, ‘Why am I telling her this. She’s still a kid.’ Marion squeezed one of her father’s hands, ‘Almost, you said.’ Fletcher responded, ‘Yeah, we got a call in and stopped what would. “We have virtually no rules here, all we ask is that you have fun and don’t force someone into something they’re not comfortable with” Carry went to ask her something but she left so quickly she didn’t have the chance. The masked gentleman was leaning against the wall waiting for her. “Hello beautiful, no we don’t usually get to see what others look like face wise but I’m glad I got to see you, shall we?” he says taking her hand. He leads her through a hall to another room and they find a quiet.