.. I don’t know, eager? Energized? Yeah, that’s it: energized, since that weekend you two were together. I want to know what that feels like. Plea...e, sir: teach me.”“Alright, Britney. I will consider it. First you must show me how eager you truly are. Clean my juices from your mother’s face. Then, feed them to her from your own mouth.”“How can I do that while I’m tied up?” “Sir?”I nudged Linda over closer to her bound stepdaughter. “With your tongue. This is your first opportunity to serve me. I ducked a copper pipe aimed at my head and slammed an open palm into another guy's nose, crushing it and sending bone fragments into his brain. As he fell, I grabbed the Louisville Slugger he was holding and used it to block the two swings at my head. I kicked one guy in the crotch and spun into the other guy, smashing my elbow into his temple. Both of them fell to the pavement, their weapons making loud clanks on the cement.Then I felt my head explode and my lower right leg crumple and pain. I surveyed the room looking for other people I knew. It wasn’t every day that the entire senior class congregated in the same place. My eyes happened upon this angelic figure wearing a full-length blue dress, which seemed a little formal even for picture day. There was something about the way she moved with such quiet self-assurance that I couldn’t help but take in every inch of her body. Her dark brown hair cascaded over her shoulders, falling neatly to mid-back. She looked familiar, but I. “Interesting,” he mused. “I felt that. I felt your light.”Shard stood back at the ready again and grinned sharply. “Good for you. Care for some more? I’m happy to bring the pain, monster.”“It is not pain I feel, woman,” he replied, moving quickly towards her again.Shard launched her light spikes at him. They sunk into the crawling cloud and burst within with loud pops but no flashes could be seen through the dark veil of black smoke. “More,” Ceremant urged, sounding invigorated by her attacks..