When everyone arrives your enemies will kill each other." Not all are my enemies. Besides my time grows short. You know of what I speak." Anthony said...looking at Santiago. Nodding Santiago replied, "Yes I have seen the recent blood work. Paul says your time is running out before the next transformation. It could happen any day now for all we know. So you plan to stand with us. These could possibly be your last happy days Anthony. Are you sure you would not wish to enjoy them with your family in. Then everything went black.How long she had been out, Betty had no idea. When she awoke, she realized she had been taken from the tub and washed. Even before opening her eyes, she could smell the fresh soap on her flesh.It was also then she realized they had bound her once more. She felt her body rubbing up against a wall, her nipples frictioning over the rough surface. A metal band had been clamped around her neck, keeping her face up against the surface. She could turn her head around barely.. Holy shit.’ He looked up and said, ‘Theo, we are not uncovering this rock today. Start putting stuff back and then come over here.’ ‘Gimme your hand.’ He dropped three small pieces of crystal rock into my palm. ‘Guess what that is.’ ‘You are kidding!’ He shook his head. ‘This rock looks like it is from a diamond pipe. I’ll bet those are diamonds in your hand. Three or four carets, maybe. But I don’t understand why there is gold too. Could be some crazy subduction event did this.’ We looked at. Once more within the center of his abode, the room within which his skill was honed, Anthony clapped his hands and took a deep breath. This will be the finest feast in all of history, he thought. It is nearly a shame it can be enjoyed by only a few. Ah, well . . . . ‘Sandra, is the table prepared?’ His wife said nothing, but he took her mute expression as confirmation. ‘Then let us impress our guests, shall we?’ Together, Anthony Leach and his wife entered the dining room, the far wall of which.