I then went on to the maths assignment that I breezed through I like maths and find it easy, physics as well. But no, my bloody parents didn’t want ...e to read science but law. Their master plan was I would become a top QC even a high court judge. For myself I wanted to be a scientist or engineer, preferably somewhere where they cross over.I went down for dinner as Dad insisted that at the weekends, we have at least one meal a day as a family. Bloody Kylie was flaunting her great big fake tits. "There is a dressing gown behind thedoor," he called out and I wrapped it around me so as to preserve my modesty- not that I had much of that left by this time! I was amused to find thatthe dressing gown Alec had loaned me was far too big. Alec wasn't a largeman, but over the last three years my need to keep my weight and figureunder control had resulted in my becoming even slighter that I had been as ateenager.We sat companionably over coffee. "It's OK," said Alec at last. "I know thiswas a. I crossed the living room, where my sisters and I had been playing our game, and found myself standing in the corridor. My new vantage point allowed me to identify the source of the noise. It was coming from the front door.“What is it?” asked someone. I turned to find Candy and Nikki standing behind me.“Something’s scratching at the door,” I explained. It was the only logical explanation. But the identity of the animal remained a mystery. More curious than afraid, I headed toward the door. I. "My prince, my prince," cried Roseanthe. It was one of Merry's ladies in waiting waving a ragged piece of parchment as she dashed into the room. "The Trolls, they have m'lady, they demand ransom; this is horrible, horrible."Karl read the ransom note with his warrior's anger mounting. The little fiends were demanding all the children in the castle under the age of four to be delivered to them by the rising of the full moon, or Merry would be cooked alive over a slow fire and eaten.He slammed a.