It was also the source of the bright, pulsing glow.Resting in the roots of a toppled tree was a crystal, bright and beautiful. It reminded me of a Daw...n Stone, with its blue outer core and its luminescent, white center that looked large enough to be an oversized egg. It was damaged, however, cracked and splintered to the point where shards were scattered near the tree it had impacted.I’d never seen any crystal that huge.I walked up to it and let my fingers slowly creep forward, ready to pull. "Nuh-uh," she grunted turning back to her pile of research reports, "I'm going to be busy. I just don't want to be distracted right now."Cindy came teetering over on heels high so sharp you wanted to keep your feet out of the way of hers and put another pile of reports down on Tricia's desk. "See what I have to go through," Tricia growled, to no one in particular, "and he wants to go for a drink."I left her to it feeling more than a bit aggrieved. As I went out I passed Sarah. Harry had decided. ‘So far 66 percent of the people think you’re going to win Mae-mae, how do you feel about that?’ He briefly put his hand on top of Maeve’s head, but he didn’t expect her to say anything back. ‘Come on.’ He said towards the camera, ‘You’ve got one more minute to make sure you placed those bets and then we’ll start the match. Let’s get those dust masks out.’ There was so much Maeve wanted to say, but because of the gag no sound escaped her mouth, she pulled on her bounds and struggled,. Yay pancakes. But kinda doesn't make up for what you did. He was just smiling at me. Never getting too close. Dad was saying something but I wasn't listening. I just sat and grabbed some food. I wasnt hungry but if I was eating maybe he wouldn't try to start a conversation with me. "do you girls wanna come to the beach today" my head snapped up at the sound of dads voice. "why?" I asked before I could sop myself the word sounded full of hate and I hoped christie hadn't noticed. But she was too.