Maybe they could sense how stressful it was to be up in front of all of your peers and have them see your worth decided in precisely monetary terms. ...Megan understood. Watching Crystal stand there agaonizing that she might be completely worthless had been difficult to witness, seeing that somebody was willing to pay for her had been an immense relief to everyone. Tiffani came up, her petite runner’s body bouncing lightly on her feet. She tried to smile, putting her best foot forward. Megan. "The curse, which had been broken only yesterday, had resulted in theMedallion of Zulo returning to the Peyton family every generation totake the manhood of all of Josiah Peyton's male heirs."I've laid it out in the form of a family tree," said Mike. "Do youwant to see?"He scrolled through his article to find it, then spun the laptop aroundso it faced Duvall, who leaned in to examine it:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Josiah Peyton (b.1849)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ?Anna Petrouski?? Edward 'Teddy' Peyton. A few years after the incident with Naina happened and your uncle married her. We then moved to the city so that nobody would find out about Naina and me. It is easy to protect privacy in the city, and I also wanted to expand our family business.The city did not suit your grandma much, and she died after 2 years. I was sad because she was my friend more than my wife. But your aunt Naina consoled me during those times. She would be with me all the time and satisfy all my needs. She made it easy. How did you know to rescue us in the gorge?" We didn't. Here, take these binoculars. Look back at the gorge."Mayoni focused the binoculars for a second and then gasped. "Yikes! It's packed with snow! Must be at least twenty feet deep!" Oh, at least. Ura told me the pass usually gets blasted with snow around a month before winter. This was a little early, but not unheard of to her... We got here just two days ago. When we felt the wind rising yesterday morning, we all knew you were in big.