I sat in my car holding the box that I bought from the jeweler and thought about how I’d ask Ella the most important question of my life. I got nerv...us that she’d say no, so I threw it back into the bag and drove home.When I got home, I sent Ella a text, “Love you baby, see you later. I need to talk to you about something.”She replied quickly, “Love you too, can’t wait for tonight. What do you need to talk about?”I sent one last text before turning off my phone, “We’ll discuss it later, just. "Be the leader." We need to band together," I continued. "We may be weak apart, but together we can be strong. We can defend ourselves from the predators that haunt this terrible place. None of us asked to suffer this torment. None of us deserved the agony Molech inflicted upon us. But that's done. There is nothing we can do to change that. All we can do is seize this moment and carve out some existence." It's Hell," another woman said with a bitter snort, tossing a mane of blonde hair. "You. .. Euh...Je r?fl?chis quelques secondes et repris.- Alex.En entendant ce nom, ses yeux devinrent ronds comme des pi?ces demonnaie et elle me regarda de la t?te aux pieds.- Alex? Tu as chang?! Je ne t'aurais jamais reconnu! Il faut ? toutprix faire quelque chose pour tes v?tements!Alors que j'?tais dans la cabine d'essayage, la jeune vendeuse faisaitles cent pas, ramenant p?riodiquement un nouveau v?tement qu'ellevoulait me faire essayer.- Estimes-toi chanceux, ricana Florence en me tendant. At one time Simon would have strode rapidly, but now he was content to amble, not hurry. He’d learnt a lot since leaving home at 19, under a cloud. Even now the way he’d been treated by his parents, his father especially, and the circumstances under which he’d left home still rankled with him. It was the anniversary of his leaving home and it was bothering him more than usual. It was the only fly in the ointment of his otherwise perfect life as a country vicar. The Village Arms pub was a.