The thought seemed to galvanize my resolve."Maria", I said. "When I agreed to watch over and protect you last night, I did not intend to be your maste... all day, every day"Some concern rose in her face, "djou don' wan' me after all?" That's not what I said", I quickly explained. "I don't want to be in complete control of you and everything you do" Oh", said Maria a bit crestfallen."I'm just not built that way. Samantha and Jane seem to think I am and now you do too, but I'm just not!" May I tell. "Well, I..." she began. Then her face twisted, and she seemed to suffer some internal turmoil. After a few seconds she growled angrily and jerked a money pouch out of her robes. "All right! The idiot who tried to kill us had this! Take it! Take it all! Feel free, and don't mind me!" She almost threw it at me."What do you mean?" I caught the pouch before it fell onto the clean, large cobbles. It was heavy, far heavier than the one I had started out with. I knew the worshipers of the Eternal Fire. Mene dolly ko dhire se mami ke pas se utha kar apane room ke bedroom me rakh aaya. Or mami ke pero ke paas aa kar beth gaya, mami ne red colour ki meksi pahani thi. Me dhire dhire mami ke pero par se haath ferate hue dhire dhire mami ka meksi kamar tak upar kar diya. Mami ne penty nai pahani thi unke baalo se bhare hua chut ko dekh kar mera lund turant tight ho gaya or me pagal ho gaya. Me dhire dhire mami ke chut par apana haath ferane laga. Pjir mene mami ke dono pero ko phela kar apane jibh. The grassy slope of the south-facing side of the valley was clambered with little more than a slight rise in my heart-rate. My physical fitness was at the highest level it had ever been. The morning was cool and sunny and I could feel the perspiration drying from my back as I stood at the top of the rise. I called for Bran, standing for a moment next to one of the big trees cresting of the hill.Across the valley, like the ribs of a long buried ship were the Erking standing stones. The valley.