A century before their ancestors had gone to great lengths to remove large predators from the area, in part to protect their livestock, and in part to...protect themselves. Now generations later the pets of their great great grandchildren were running the countryside, killing and devouring anything within their reach.She sighed and repositioned herself in the chair. Two more hours before her shift was over. She watched the full moon slowly traversing the sky and picked out a group of stars that. "We know where the large kettles are kept and can make food for your men," an older woman who appeared to be their leader told us."Yes, that would be very helpful," Captain Prawit acknowledged and set everyone in motion. The bandit's food was brought to the burned area to finish being cooked, and the women soon had a fire going and water heating to make rice while others worked on finishing the other food.Several fires had been started around the camp for light, and the dead were moved to the. I no longer took my customers home with me, as I had when I was younger, often getting mean stares from the other residents that realized that I was a stripper or escort. I had such a horrible reputation at the last three apartments where I lived, with so many different men visiting at all hours of the day and sometimes we did get a bit loud. I now had a private abode and my business was kept separate. If I was going to meet with a customer, it would be at their place or a hotel, and if I was. Nothing but dirt. If the Medallion had been lostthere, it was now lost for good. I hoped that Katie had found it andtaken it with her.I found that Katie's mom had already been quite focused on her search forKatie while I was at school. She had been reaching out and engaging withthe local gossips to see what she could uncover about any new residentsin the area, especially those who seemed to lack a high-school education.She'd had no luck. We brain-stormed for ideas on how to search a.