’ ‘Oh, everybody knows Beverly’s a bitch,’ she said dismissively. ‘He probably paid extra so she wouldn’t tell you.’ ‘So what am I sup...osed to do? Go back there and pretend like nothing happened?’ ‘Yes. Exactly.’ I sighed. ‘I guess I could stick it out for a little longer,’ I conceded. ‘Good,’ she said, smiling. ‘Now, should we get back to this paper? I need a good grade.’ We went back to work. We had the whole thing mapped out in under an hour, and we decided to pack it in and head over to. In one hand she held a small pot made out of glass, containing a semifluid, luminous, whitish substance. On the palm of her other hand Menja displayed a little golden ring with a red gem.“Ouhm, can you first explain to me what that is, and how to use it,” Athea asked a bit unsure.“The white stuff in the little pot is a crème. I was running around all day fetching everything Ghania told me to. Some of that stuff I had to fetch was really weird. I think she was teasing me! Anyhow, Ghania says. She breezed in, and was just about to pull the curtains when she realised that I was in bed, gave a small cry and apologised. I told her not to worry, and she said she’d come back later. I spent the day around the pool, liberally applying the sun cream to prevent me burning to a frazzle in the hot sun. The evening was spent much like the previous one; eating and drinking well at dinner, followed by a few drinks in the bar afterwards, just chatting to fellow guests. The effect of the sun and the. I could see where they went. Magic allowed meto see that they were sent straight to Hell. But, I was still tied up,and the earth started to shake violently. The bad news was, althoughthey were gone, the spell was still happening.I fought against the ropes, but blood loss was really weakening me. Ibegan to pray, out of desperation. Then, I heard Tanya's voice. Iforced my eyes open, and saw her floating in front of me. I was gagged,so I couldn't talk, but she heard me anyway.She said, "You.