She started to get up and leave, but thought about it. Perhaps it was time to get it all off her chest. To let someone else know, someone she could tr...st, like her doctor. It was going to be hard though. Only her mother and the doctor who'd delivered her had known of her 'condition' and now both of them were dead and unable to tell anyone. Or that's what she'd thought. Apparently her 'condition' had been mentioned in some of her mother's medical files and she'd signed a waver for the doctor to. And she started assigning us rooms to one another for the k**s. Although there were 7 bedrooms. There were 12 of us. So there was bound to be sharing. I have no idea why. But I got stuck with having to sleep in the same room as my parents that night. There was a king size as well as a single in that room. I thought to myself, great how and the hell will I be able to fall asleep with my dads snoring. So as soon as I got the room I began to get ready for bed. I noticed Tracy had got a room right. "If you had fled from us or begged for mercy, we would have sent you on your way and continued our quest for mortal assistance." You need our help?" Karl asked. "What would beings such as you need from us?" The Goblins have come to the surface again and are causing their usual mischief. Our powers are limited against them." Why don't they stay in their caverns where they belong?" Aqua sniffed."The trees have told me the nasty little creatures latest prank involves their damming up Whispering. " her sentence and her remorse were cut savagely short.Mika slapped away the proffered hand with a violent blow."You dare to pity me - your mistress? Learn your place Lesley!" Mika spat.Lesley quivered as an unseen icy hand closed around her beating heart and slowed it to a virtual stop. Lesley's skin tone faded to grey, her lips blued from oxygen starvation, and she felt on the very cusp of death. Slowly the hand relaxed and life flowed back into Lesley's quaking limbs."I can squash you like.