“I’m sorry Daddy, I was out with friends and the time got away from us.”“Oh, you were out? That’s all, until 3:30 in the morning? And why do...n’t you tell me why you skipped school again today, Darcy?”“Daddy it’s Friday we just wanted a day to ourselves. That’s all.”“That’s what the weekends are for, not the school week. Your mother and I are sick of this. You smell of booze and you look like a slut.”“Daddy!”“Cut the crap, Darcy. You know what we said last time. If you fucked up again we would. Once set upon a target it would continue until it was destroyed, or it's marked was dead.The wolf walked away a few paces then turned and sat staring at Aradelle’s pod.“Come out plant girl, I know you are awake in there,” the wolf said in a gasping disembodied voice that chilled Aradelle to her soul. Her ancestor had no memory of the necro-wolf she encountered being able to talk.Aradelle’s flower opened and she rose up out of the center, a vine framing her on either side, “I’ve no desire to. Terry grabbed Tim's arm, dragged him a little ways down the corridor."Okay, give." He growled."Uh, what do you mean?" Tim looked around."Look, I know you're smarter than I am. It doesn't bother me. I think it's cool. But that means when you figure shit out, you gotta tell me what's up. C'mon, it's not like I'm a jerk to you. We hang out together a lot. Sup?" Well, it's a bunch of stuff, really." He cast a significant look toward the girls. "Do we have time for this now?"Terry looked back, gave. “So you’ve known me long enough to know that I have a filthy mind. I can’t share that stuff with you because you go all shy and blush….like you’re doing now, and I haven’t even said anything.” True to her words the pale cheeks of her friend have started turning as red as the tomato she is chopping. She continues on. “So it’s nice to find a friend that I can talk to about that side of me. Aedan and I would never work as a couple, and to be honest that’s not what I want. I can’t lie and say I’m.