Teresa was leaning against the sinks looking at him, like a spider studying a fly, wondering whether it was big enough to eat. She was, put simply, a ...bully. Often in trouble and with a small group, she would mercilessly pick on the less popular just to amuse herself. She was a little taller than Mat, at 5’ 8?, tall for a girl of 15. Long blond hair, longer legs, slightly tanned skin, almond shaped face and hazel eyes, which always seemed to be laughing at the world. She had a look of innocence. Something was different, something had changed. Instead of my father’s heaving chest, there was absolutely no motion. His face had contorted into a startled expression, and had become ashen white. All through his life, my father had been a proud man, and suddenly I knew what was going on. He was too embarrassed to die with me present, and had waited until I had left the room. ‘Oh, Daddy, Daddy.’ I felt the tears come as I pulled the wolf blanket he had loved so much over his lifeless form. I. Tom began, "Welcome everyone to the Delta Sigma Phi rush party. It will be a fun night for everyone. We have our DJ, Sir Spins-a-lot. There's plenty to eat and drink plus we have our lovely ladies, Laura, and Chandler from Alpha Chi Omega pledge class and Katie. I, as fraternity president, have made her an honorary member of Delta Sig for the evening." Tom looked at me and smiled. "Let the fun begin."With that, the DJ cranked up the volume and the place began to shake. There was a lot of. .. why do you speak to me?”“Because ... it was to be ... the Amazon. But the Fates ... I was wrong. It ... is you.”Darian snarled and squeezed the mask. Whatever the material was, no strength he had was going to bend or hurt it, but as he choked down the wrenching muscles in his gut, he squeezed it anyway.“What is me?”“ ... vessel.”Darian dropped the mask with a jerk, and stepped back. “I know what your kind do when a human wears them! I’ve talked to the Fates, I’ve seen the corpses they leave.