In her heart of heart`s she knew that the next phase would be both the most painful and the most thrilling she would ever have had to endure. She wait...ed expectant and terrified at the same time, her eyes tight shut not wanting to see the face of her beloved son, enjoying this sadistic pleasure, hurting his mother in this loving if strange way he had of showing her his deep undying love. He had his aunt hold the labia to the left, covering her cavity of life, drips fell on the tender flesh and. The cupboards held more glassware as a collection of clay jars, wooden bowels, cloth satchel, and more. The air had an acrid, medicinal reek to it.“What is this?” I asked.“An alchemist laboratory,” the queen said. “The workshop of Tezzi, a bright, young gnome. My Royal Physician and Alchemist.”“She was greatly prized by the queen,” Tama added. “Tezzi had a singular obsession with life. In preserving and cultivating it.”“She has such a skill with it,” Mona said, “that her medicines and alchemy. The message was coming through clearly: We needed to pull together and get this thing done. What Shiggie Nomura did in his off hours -- and with whom -- seemed progressively less important.Before August was over, almost every guy on the team had performed the pre-game "brotherhood ritual" with Shiggie. As a rookie, I was one of the last, but when Miguel Tejada and Melvin Mora came to me and told me it was my turn, I was pleased and proud to be called upon. Being the guy chosen to welcome. He just said that you both wouldn’t be able to make it yesterday.Roja: We had to stop because of the rain, aapa.Shahid: Yeah, and there was a small house on the way. They were nice enough to provide us shelter.Mom: Allah, bless them. You both must be tired from the journey, go and have some rest.Roja: Aapa, if there’s any work, I can do it.Mom: No, go have some rest. There isn’t much to do. I’ll take care of it.They both head towards their respective rooms. Just as Shahid is about to open the.