Their concern was pissing her off. Cybil raised an eyebrow and asked ‘Lost your manners Psyche? No hugs or kisses for your sister?’ Psyche dropped...her gaze and stared at the Chicken Platter. The food looked delicious but she had no appetite left. She selected a thigh and dropped it on her plate. ‘There doesn’t seem to be much love lost between us, Cybil. You didn’t want to acknowledge a mentally deranged sister so why all the concern all of a sudden?’ ‘That’s enough Psyche. It was too painful. Maybe I was broken. Years of short unsatisfying girlfriends had changed my expectations of any connection I had at all. I fell in love and couldn’t trust myself once the brain chemicals burned off. I had always had the ability to walk away. That saved me, I figured, more than a couple times. I just hadn’t connected outside of the sex before.Ellie was giving me that something right now. Her drippy mouth and sloppy blowjob echoed around the house of mirrors. I brushed her bangs from her face. She. .’Hello1 I’m John… and you’re____?’ It’s HIM! Jimmy, I answer…. Jimmy Clark. You’re new here. I’ve not seen you here before. You are correct, sir. I came with my friend Chris… over there, talking with the guy with the pink shirt. Oh, right! I know him. John makes contact with the back of my neck again, then touches my chest with his other hand. I have to admit, it feels pretty nice. We chat for a few mins, then he asks … would you like a tour of my house? (He owns this place??) Sure! I say. Right along the outskirts of Hermiston, the only sizable city in eastern Oregon.“The use of the Undead Guard as shock troops has helped, not to mention the use of Havenite sympathizers behind enemy lines and the sheer professionalism, discipline, cohesion, and morale of the Army of Western Oregon. It doesn’t hurt that as soon as we resurrect their troops, we send them back at their former comrades with a vengeance. Some might call them cannon fodder, but they’re undead, so can’t be killed or.