Over her shoulders a cape like mantle also golden and shaped in the pattern of feathered wings as well. Her face was hidden behind a translucent veil.... It was like that I saw her standing surrounded by handmaidens in a court yard that with trimmed trees, fountains and flowerbeds.The Queen herself had brought me here. Elfi smiled at me with her eyes.” Don’t I look ridiculous in this get up?”“No princess you look very regal and very much like the daughter of a goddess.”“You are just nice. I am. ‘Mom?’ Mrs. Jenkins tightened her hold on my shoulder just a bit. ‘Your mom and brother think you should go into drug and alcohol rehab. Since there isn’t any around here for teenagers, you will be placed in foster care until you are 18.’ I pulled out of Mrs. Jenkins grip and ran over to my mom. Kneeling down in front of her I grabbed her hands trying to get her to look at me. ‘Momma, I’ll change. I’ll give it all up. Just please don’t send me away.’ Mom just continued to cry. She wouldn’t look. Tanya caught Buffy off guard with a solid punch in the face. A second blow right behind it was hard enough to split her lip. Buffy stumbled backward, but managed to stay on her feet.The vamp she had stunned, joined by the last of the quartet, returned to the fray and grabbed Buffy’s arms. Tanya grabbed the restrained Slayer by her hair, yanking her head up hard and fast before she could regain her equilibrium. Another pair of powerful blows followed, this time in her stomach.Kendra meanwhile. ’ An hour later Gary and Emma returned followed almost immediately by Al and Lynn, ‘How’s Freddy,’ asked Al. ‘She’s fine, but very tired, already gone to bed.’ ‘How is she really?’ asked Lynn a minute or two later when she had Harry on her own. ‘Cranky as hell,’ admitted Harry, ‘But she’ll come round, I’m gonna drive her mad by being nice.’ At about the time Harry had left Armidale Susan was in a cab on the way to Sydney airport from her hotel. She received a phone call, there was a problem.