One looked over at me, “it is not over” and then they carried him out. After we finished with the last man I told Cat and Sam to rest while I went...over by the gate. The Legate was there with several mages and the lieutenant I had recognized from earlier.The mages were telling them that they could not stop the animation of the dead because it was tied somehow to the Keep and was too strong. The Legate shook his head, “this means fire and I hate that. It always gets out of hand.”I looked at the. " He then offered her a beer which she gladly accepted and chugged down.When it was empty she handed the can back to him with a, "Thanks." As she turned and walked away she could hear him saying something but she couldn't make out the words over the music. She had business to take care of and didn't have time to be wasting with him.She looked around the crowded room and saw a table. Perfect, she thought as she made her way over to it and climbed on top of it. No one had noticed yet but she had. Or it should have been.Sally. Brenda, Janice. Emma. Julie and Carol. They were all friends and knew what they were letting themselves in for. The guys were strangers who had applied to join the game, and had been accepted. The guys were all different ages, unlike the six girls who were all aged within a few months of each otherThe eldest of the men seemed to be in his early fifties, whilst the youngest looked more like twenty one, baby faced, but his eyes never leaving Julie.The girls had. Shalini on her part without differentiation of any sorts spoke to all of them, but did not zeroed on any one.Finally she agreed to dance with a good looking blonde guy, the dance lasted for few minutes after which Shalini left him and occupied her seat, by her expression I can guess she did not enjoy his company.For the second time when she hit dance floor was with 6’3” guy, with broad shoulders and cute face ( we call him David), the dance carried on for pretty long, what started as following.