There were guards at the gate that flaggedus though and closed behind us. It looked strange to me, the guardslooked like they respected her.Well anywa..., we pulled up the front and got out. She held my hand as wewalked up the huge front door. It was opened and we went though and Isaw a neatly dressed older man waiting and there were three girls. Thatwas when I got my surprise. The girls all said, "Hi mom we missed you." She smiled and looked at me and said, "Kristina, welcome to our home.. Axel had used the incomplete ball of malice to shield himself from the strike, creating an explosion that must have knocked him out for a couple minutes. Enough time for the ogre to get close to him.Dead. He was dead.“A respectable plan. Using tunnels to surprise me, a distraction to keep me busy, even trying to seal my mana to end the whole battle in one fell swoop. Just like the stories. It would have all worked perfectly if not for one thing,” the ogre said.“My lack of ability.”“No. It’s not. I just heard you screaming in the middle of the night so I wondered what you were dreaming." he put the bacon on a plate, "What he did to you was unlawful, unmoaralful, and absolutely disgusting. How many times has be done that to you?"Nicole looked up from her food that she ate while he was speaking. The look in her eye told him almost once a day. He shoved a strip of bacon in his mouth to keep from getting sick and loosing his appitite She looked back down sorrowfully, and surprised that she. The next step was to find her some clothes so that her skin would not be chaffed by riding a horse. The inside of her thighs were already rubbed to a state of discomfort from the riding she had recently done, but that was better than the wear and tear on her feet if she had been forced to walk that same distance. There were plenty of horses available for Maria to ride, but there was no tack of the type that she was used to; therefore, she would have to ride Indian-style. She could do it, but.