”“So how long will you keep up the pretext of being Cathy’s boyfriend?”“Until it is safe.”“Well, I appreciate what you two have done for...my girls.”Benny frowned. “I thought you only had one daughter. I don’t remember doing anything for your other daughter.”Tim said, “He’s talking about Cathy.”“She’s not his daughter.”“Is he for real?”“Yes.”“I bought her a present,” Benny said out of the blue.“You did?” Tim asked surprised that Benny thought to do something like that.“Yes. She bought a present. The dices are said to still contain the Spirit of Great White Loin and any throw of the dices are just as fair and merciless as the great beast was in life.The person who carved, painted, and fitted the board and its pieces together was one of the wizards of the Order of the Griffin, a highly secret and slightly criminal society that existed among magical people of the day. He is one of the leading members and it is best that his name not be revealed. He created this game, with aid of several. "Because, if the desk is the one in that picture, then it was once in the castle where Marlowe once stayed, either as a guest, or while he was completing some project for a benefactor." What picture?" asked Jeremy, who was still staring at Kendra. She appeared to be ignoring him, her face turned toward Dan, but Bob knew her well enough to know she was fully aware of his scrutiny, and that she was, in fact, posturing for the man. She didn't normally stand with her chest thrust out. The question. I was going to divide them into temporary squads of 9 members, each. Some people might be shifted to different squads after we had a little experience with each other, but we would go with this arbitrary arrangement for now. As much as possible, we would keep buddies together, but I couldn't promise anything for the long haul.I gave them 20 minutes to sort themselves out, then I took over. There were a few groups of 9, but, mostly, they were bunched in groups of 3, 4 or 5. Furthermore, they.