" Unless you were part Mountain Goat, the winding ridgeline trail was the only drivable and walkable unbroken overland route from town to our base. Pr...or to SkyFire, arrays of remote sensors and wireless cameras guarded the pathway to the Society's home. The sun pulled the plug and left us blind. Our mission was to fill the gap with a concealed guard post.Our building project had started life as a bad joke. I was helping Sheila do an inventory of little used and obscure supplies. Stuff ordered. "Ah I see!" Looking at Nuha she nodded. "Very good, the consuming charm I see, a very effective way to more than triple the power of who it is used on! Very good though it can back fire also. Back fire on the one it is used on consuming their soul and the one using it. The user is the target as soon as the one it is used on turns they are usually unstoppable." Flying to Nuha who was still in shock she couldn't really move Qistina looked her over. "I thought you were the Queen! A do gooder! You. That night when I got home, I found Kristen with a woman I recognized from the office which was pretty strange. Her name was Jessica and she worked in the executive suite. I had no idea how Jeremy had found her, but she certainly fit the type. I recall almost recognizing her a few weeks ago at one of the events, but being distracted, I didn't follow up on it.At a nod from Kristen, she started stripping down while Kristen drew the curtains closed."Master, Jessica is the last slave we needed to. Keal, Bo-Jo, Kay-Lor, Malak and Gada discussed battle plans and tactics as they rode toward the Goblin force marching toward them. It was decided to dismount leaving one guard on the horses while the other four ambushed the front set of wagons with glass vials of oil wrapped in a burning cloth which when thrown against the wagon would break and burst into flames. They were hoping that the fires would keep any Goblins from following their retreat.The attack was timed perfectly and not expected..