”Oh yeah. They made the mistake of restraining her too.Giana reached for my hand as she said, “David is special sister. I like it when he touches ...e. Last night I was completely fine with him forcing me to keep my arm straight for them to give me the injections, even when they never told me why they were doing it or what was in them. I can’t even figure out why. One second, I was fully enraged, the next I couldn’t even figure out what had set me off. You know, I don’t think I even cared. When. I’m afraid that my manner of self-chastisement was a bit of a shock for the old priest. As I stood before him with my own severed testicles in my hand, he fainted dead-away.’ ‘My God,’ she whispered. ‘You’re insane.’ ‘I suppose that’s how my captors felt. After that, they locked me away in Bedlam. That’s where I learned real discipline,’ he hesitated, his expression turning from giggling foolto that of a man possessed of great rage. ‘My body always obeyed my every command after that time. I. “I’m parched.”The elf nodded, then picked a blade of grass from the ground. She spoke the strange words again – and once again, her fingers glowed. The grass grew and grew and twisted, forming into a kind of grass-shaped flagon. It even had a handle to grip easily. She then passed her hand above it, whispering quietly as her palm glowed. When her hand had uncovered the top of the flagon, it was filled with water. Helen began to chug it down.Lucas gaped.Helen choked and spat the water. Her eyes. I had not even intended to bid for it but after being outbid on a property in Plymouth the red mist had descended.I had not expected a sandstone frontage. I had not expected anything so large having misread the specification as 10 rooms whereas it was10 bedrooms plus servants quarters, and I had certainly not expected to find the entire staff lined up awaiting my arrival.Hawkins the Butler, Mrs Rogers the cook, Bessie the maid and Miss Blenkinsopp the housekeeper as well as countless gardeners.