" That didn't stop you with roulette or blackjack," Mark replied.Everyone was still laughing at Scott as we found our way to the craps table. I used m...y normal betting pattern, but after I lost my first two grand I had to re-buy in. When they wanted to leave I went all in with my remaining chips and ended up losing five hundred on the last roll. When we finally got in the limo for the ride back to the city, I was down four grand at the tables and another five hundred in tips and room costs.On. I was explaining her the family hierarchy and all!Soon after all the relatives started going back and after a few days, the house was secluded again.I had decided to stay back as it was still summer holidays for me. In our home, it is customary for the newly wed to stay at her in law’s place for a while before my uncle could take her with him. So my uncle also left soon after to join his office and was scheduled to return 10 days later. So it was just me, her and my grandparents in the house. She then sat down heavily on one of the benches, and let out a great sigh. “Look, Raven…” Mindblind began as he sat down, and then had to scoot a little closer to her because the warped edge of the board seat had jammed into his ass. “No, we walked all the way out here, and I owe you, like I said.” She leaned forward, put her elbows on her knees, and cupped her chin in her hands. “Thought Yani’d found a way out, a few years before the old man died on us. She caught this guy’s eye on the way. The Kur thumped the butt of its halberd on the carpeted stone floor andopened its fanged mouth."Kajira challenge!" it roared in barely-comprehensible English. Itshifted its weight and gripped the halberd in its two hands, adopting apose Arrass immediately recognised as that of an expert in melee warfarewith such a frightful weapon. Arrass backed off two steps, three, four asthe Kur quickly, oh so quickly prepared to swing the halberd. His spear,he could try throwing it but... no. He.