He had no inclination to see his mother nowanyway. He had never despised her more than he did at this moment. All ofher tricks, ploys, lessons, and sp...lls all throughout his life had boiledover into this moment; this moment where she made it nearly impossiblefor him to keep her secret and stick true to his promise. Why did itmatter? Why couldn't he just tell Leah?That stupid saying kept ringing in his mind. Promises are binding, andsecrets are powerful. His mom had said that to him when she had. That battle alone accounted for almost half of the casualties reported in the war.It was the only time where the main armies of every civilization in conflict faced each other at the same time. It lasted for almost 5 days where everyone fought practically without stopping.In the end every side took so many casualties that it was impossible to keep attacking each other. That made to stop rather than ending through a peace treaty."I raise my hand slowly"Yes Aelith?" Miss Glaewel says"Wouldn't. Lord, how life changes, entirely defined by (and revolving around) Vicki. I thought I was a pretty strong guy, and pretty smart, although my grades at Ditchwater U. didn’t show it.Then came Vicki, who is putting me thru academic (and physical) “boot camp”, I suppose you’d call it. Yup, coming up on finals for the fall semester at Auburn, and I’m pulling a 4.0. Umm, yeah, and THAT has everything to do with Vicki. Calculus, physics, chemistry -- she’s done it all, multiple times. She pushes me. He was quite stocky and stood at about five-feet-ten-inches tall. He was also extremely hairy with a full black beard and a thick moustache. He hardly ever trimmed his moustache and always had hair hanging over his mouth. His large hands were grimy and rough.Kurt had thick bushy brows that almost gave him a Neanderthal appearance, but he was very attractive in a strange way and had the most expressive sparkling brown eyes. The top of his head was bald and the tufts of hair he had around the.