Eyes downcast, they devoured it as fast as they could chew and swallow. Between bites of his own meal, Mak recounted to Jewel the highlights of what h...ad happened on his little trip."And how are things going here?" Very well, so far. We have sent four hundred or so on ahead to the base of the trail in groups of about fifty each. All of the men, the older women, and the children have gone. We have about six hundred and fifty women left here, plus the hundred or so out with Nurm. These should all. It was Trish. She was raped and beaten severely.’ ‘Oh, God!’ Nancy exclaimed, ‘I can’t believe something like this could happen here in Jamestown. Do…do they have any idea who did it?’ ‘They do,’ Heidi said. ‘It will probably be in this afternoon’s paper, so I’m not giving anything away. Tim and the sheriff arrested a male teacher from the high school this morning.’ As far as Nancy was concerned, this was getting worse and worse. She knew most of the teachers at the high school and couldn’t. I snapped out of it. “Well, why’d you choose me? I’m certainly not your most social friend…” I stuck my tongue out.She frowned a bit.“It’s just that…I’m sick of being the third wheel! Go on, look at any of my photos. I’m always in the back when I’m with my friends. All that shows up is my head, that’s it.”She was right, too. It even ruined most shots of her in a skimpy bikini! (God, no wonder I had so few friends, I was such a perv…)“I just thought I might want to hang out with someone, y’know,. I suddenly didn’t want to answer the question. I didn’t know why I felt that way, but something in my gut said it would be a bad thing. “She was in a state of shock through the entire incident. Not even the police could get her to talk after it was all over. I’m not even sure how much she remembers other than the initial attack.”“She is one of our House members, Mr. Connors,” said Ms. Hadfield. “You cannot deny us access to her.”“She is now my Stirpe,” I said, “and an Officer of House Ursae. I.