I'm Steph," Steph replied as he held out his hand."Very nice to meet you, Stephanie," Sam responded."Thanks, but I prefer Steph," Steph replied with a... forced grin."Okay. I can respect that," Sam said with a nod before she added, "Areyou going to join me for breakfast? We set a place for you." That'd be nice," Steph answered while he sat down beside Sam withoutsmoothing out his skirt.Sam furrowed her brow at his failure. Steph seemed too rough and unableto fully adapt to the femininity he had. Naturally, several hopeful collage-boys came Jades way, to flirt and try their luck, but to no avail.Angst in some form is a rite of passage for aspiring youths.Girls often fret for their "shining knight" to appear; Jade hankered for her dream dog.On such a walk in a country-park Jade experienced a brief encounter with an alpha dog.Later, when we were discussing her condition, Jade readily shared the event; which had clearly rekindled her optimism for life and lust. With pride she said, "We. Neither parent woke up tillI was on top of the husband and injected him with a shot of heroin.The mother had surprised me when she was able to get the phone off thehook and dialled 911, but of course that did her no good. I sat thereon top of her husband and watched her face as she listened to the fakerecording. The look on her face was priceless. With nothing butverbal threats, I made her write a letter explaining that she hadcaught her husband cheating on her with a young man a third his. Upon reaching the age of 33 they turned into hideous monsters that had to be locked up in the dungeons beneath Castellari Barsotti: demons, so it was said, and could never again see the light of day. Year by year the curse grew more severe, monster attacks were on the rise throughout their realm, and the peasants talked of calling upon the INQUISITION for help. But everyone knew, calling the Inquisitors was a last resort, for the INQUISITION, was as much of a nightmare as the monsters they.