“This is Liala, Duchess of Troyvet. They are our friends. You are safe now. But we need you to come out. We must rescue your grandfather and get you...both to Tyrell to see King Joseph. Will you join us?”The girl considered her options. She was outnumbered 26-to-1. She had a small gold dagger and they had swords and bows. They also rode animals – which scared her more than their numbers or their weapons. She had heard them coming long before she’d seen them. It sounded as though a fresh summer. We settled in although thinking back this was a Karen I hadn’t experienced before she was being nice friendly and very welcoming.We got on fine for the first two weeks although I did notice no boyfriend called of visited and the girls who came only stayed a short while.I mentioned this to Karen asking if she would like me to disappear so she could have some time with her boyfriend she replied “No boyfriends or girlfriends” She then asked “why I hadn’t received any letters covered in hearts and. It was a good thing I did. It was a small insertable vibrator. I knew this trick. Now only if I knew where we were going and what he had in mind. I couldn’t ask him now. I just smiled and said, “Thank you,” again without any embellishment. “Aren’t you going to show Katherine what you got?” he asked. “Um …” I stuttered, not knowing how to complete my answer. “How about, ‘Yes, sir?’” he said. He was pulling the “Yes, sir” thing in front of Katherine? I was totally unprepared and a definitely. The hammer burst into a spray of molten diamond that spilled across the altar. Mixed in were drops of sizzling blood. The ruby fractured with it, releasing what it trapped. Through the heart of the light shining around me, a vast shadow rose. I shuddered as a vast evil spilled into the world.The malevolent soul of the Biomancer reached for me. It surged around me. It tried to seize my own soul. It tried to rip at me, pulling at my essence. He screamed at me, raging at me for destroying his.