You know your mother... let's leave it at that for now. Love you son. Bye!", concluded his father. "Bye, dad. Love you too!", said Christopher.Chris w...as relieved. And he kissed Jelmer. "What was that for honey?", he asked. "For being there!", said Chris lovingly stroking his hair. Chris told him they needed to get back to the campgrounds. He feared the worst. Knowing how aggressive his mother's brother and his son could be.At the campground, they found that Chris's cabin was ransacked. The. Ashriel was oblivious to it all, his eyes focused solely on Anniel. He’d never laid eyes on her in the flesh and seeing her for real was like a punch to his gut. He felt like he couldn’t get enough breath into his lungs. He closed his eyes in an attempt to gain control over his emotions. Taking a deep cleansing breath after swallowing repeatedly, he mulled over the facts in his head. That fateful day, when the intergalactic war had started, the Utuduodian hunters had captured the Edenian Master. " Yes."They were happy kids, a boy, and a girl, beautiful children who would be spared the terror I endured as a kid. They'd never lie in bed at night listening to their father raping and beating their mother as I had and as I lay in the hot sun watching them playing happily, I decided to try to be a surrogate father to them, at least until mum met a nice, decent man and remarried.I turned onto my side and looked at her, it was hard to believe that she was my mother, the tiny bikini hid only. I inserted the key into the ignition, pumped the gas pedal two times, and gave it a crank. It fired up like usual, ran normally for about ten seconds and then, just as I was about to put the gearshift in reverse, from beneath my hood came the most agonizing sound of mechanical torment that I've ever heard.There was a loud screech, a bang, multiple thumps, and a louder bang before I had the presence of mind to shut off the key.The noises gradually ground to a halt along with the engine. I then.