“How do you know?” I asked.Aaron pointed to the spot on the floor that was underneath Rose’s body.“What?” I asked.“Look at this.” Aaron ...aid, kneeling down. There was a hole in the floor, directly under Rose’s heart.“From the knife?” I asked, incredulously.Aaron nodded.“Someone staked her so hard that the knife went all the way through her and stuck into the floor underneath. It would have taken a vampire to do that, and a really strong one.” Aaron explained.“Stronger than you?” I asked.“Close.. Elrik and his men received a heroes welcome on their return home. Wives and families greeted their men. Elrik had no one special to welcome him. That evening, there was a great celebration with much food and drink. The single women flirted with Elrik, this night though he was not interested in bedding any of them. He went to his dwelling, sat on the edge of his bed. There, he contemplated what had happened to him on the battlefield. Bent over with his face in his hands, Elrik tried to come to. A typical slave brand upon her back. No inappropriate relations, of course.’ ‘Of course.’ Zachary said politely as he remained close to the door. ‘I’ll have it all completed and finished by the albeit short time frame.’ Holmes smiled at his response. ‘I’m glad to hear the confidence… My Employer is an old man, a dying old man, that wishes to have a slave to torment and torture while his ailment tortures his. The two week deadline is just a part of his short time left.’ Zachary listened quietly. ”“I want to see her; NOW.”He knew I would need to wear something if went in there, I wouldn’t want to have gone in naked. And he knew that he should wear something as well. As he got up he took his Levi’s off the bedpost and put them on commando. Opening his dresser, he took out one of his The Wrecking Crew t-shirts (it was black with silver lettering). “Put this on Joanie, no need for you to prance around the Junkyard naked.”After what I had been through I thought and what’s all this modesty.