You come here in search, yet for what I hope I truly know. For you, young soldier, are my hearts long awaited prize. I hope I may be the same. -R”I ...ooked up, the rider sitting on a log that happened to appear sometime in front of me a mere few feet away. The black robe lifted an arm to the hood and slowly peeled it back. It spoke softly. “I know who you are, Derek, and I have long watched you. Your heart is kind, and you are rather handsome. A treasure.” With that the hood fell, along with it. I take full responsibility. Not only am I the adult, I am your mother. I should never have allowed any of that to happen. I don’t know if you can forgive me or not…..”Eric interrupted, “It was not a mistake, it was a beautiful thing. It was the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me. Please do not say ‘it was a mistake’. It hurts me to think you do not think what we shared was as beautiful as I do.”“Eric, it was wrong. It was illegal. And I should not have let it happen. I was drunk. After the movie, we played Clue until Grandma declared it was time for everyone to be in bed. Prudie complained that it was only one in the morning, but didn't push it to a full argument. She later told me that Elvis had told her to behave herself or he would spank her behind and not allow her to watch his movies for a week.Aunt Prudie placed us in The Cat in the Hat Room, which had red and white striped walls, and Cat and the Hat stuff sitting all around. She had several signed 1st Editions of. “You made it trough the qualifiersI Great job! You probably heard this all before, but rules are rules. Gotta brief you anyways. Sorry about that.”She smiled apologetically, coughed once and completely changed her demeanor.“Alright, listen up Dude! The 129th Rasheul great slave tournament features a grand total of 128 combatants. In seven nail biting and chest pounding fights you will have to hack, slash, bite and blow your way to victory in a no holds barred match. And we are not kidding.