“Eventually the All-Father felt that Cyona and Vaeus were punished enough for their transgressions against him, and empowered his servant, the First... Knight Reyneid, to crush Malgarath and rid the world of his ruinous influence. Reyneid took up the holy sword Avenger, and struck down Malgarath. But because Malgarath was created from the All-Father’s curse, he was still technically born of the divine, and could not be destroyed by mortal man. Instead, while the God of Destruction was weakened,. .." he hesitated a moment."I am his slave, in loo of payment from the king" as Mark growled at her, she just looked back at him sweetly."Your WHAT!!!?" his mother shouted, "Mark you know that we abolished that on earth centuries ago."Mark shook his head and started to open his mouth, when Nissie interrupted him, "Mam, he had no choice as it was mine, by the binding imperial laws, he can't back out of it and neither can I."Mark's mother's face and body eased a moment as she thought, hmm brains. If he became unhappy about Marielle's life, it could conceivably endanger Frances's position. A divorce would leave Frances very wealthy, but she would no longer have the power and influence that she truly desired. Thus, 'managing' Marielle was important to Frances's own success.Marielle knew that she had inherited much from her mother. Not the least was her intelligence and perceptiveness. Frances was adept at 'plugging the holes' in Peter's abilities. As far as Marielle could tell, her. She hit for four hundred dollars ... and they could hear her above the noisy casino, all the way to the lounge.“Do you gamble a lot?” Bob asked. She’d hit the cash-in button and he was helping her scoop up her tokens and put them in a bucket.“That was the first time I’ve ever put money in a slot machine! I thought I was betting a dollar each time, then in four spins it had wiped out my twenty! I didn’t mean to scream, but that was wild seeing four hundred credits load up.”“Well, now that you.