The cough had come from a jumble of bodies made up of a wolf-Druid, a dog-faced Gnoll, and several of his own soldiers.Grimacing, Darius knelt and beg...an dragging corpses away, searching for the survivor. After a moment, a woman’s face appeared, bloody and battered. She was barely breathing, pinned down by the bear-sized wolf, coughing up blood. He called over a nearby soldier – Remen, Darius thought his name was – to help, and they dragged the body of the heavy wolf aside, uncovering the woman.. It seemed that some Intelligent Design advocates had managed to get elected to the Milford School District, and they were being interviewed by a reporter from one of the local stations."So what do you think, Steve? Do you expect another few years of hostile debate about the Science curriculum?" That all depends on how good these ID folk are, I guess." Steve pointed at the talking heads with the remote. "They're the new kids on the block." He looked at me, let his eyes slide slowly up and down. Dave shot a solid round of sixty-nine but his focus wasn't overly great. After the round he convinced Alec to go out with him that evening. They started drinking beer as soon as they arrived at the apartment and were already intoxicated when they went to the same bar Dave and Darcy had gone to the previous night. Dave saw the pretty girl from the previous night but politely turned her down for a dance. She quickly understood that he didn't have any genuine interest in her beyond a one-night. “How did you get loose?” she asked him, looking down at his feet.“Oh. Well, I just took off my boot.” He shrugged and grinned, looking sheepish.Béla just looked at him, shock and disbelief slowly appearing on her face. Then she collapsed against him and cried. She didn’t stop crying for almost an hour. Jake figured she must have had a hell of a night and held her quietly the entire time, even though it was so unlike her to act like such a whiny female just for getting lost. If she was as old as.