That glancing bolt knocked me out of position and the three next bolts from his apprentices burned Wulfric to a cinder."I believe to this day, that be...cause I upheld my Oath to protect Wulfric to the end, his amulet — your gift, protected my life that day. Indeed, his amulet was being held in my left hand as I stood before the Warlocks and defied them, perhaps parrying some of the hellfire. My sudden dive to protect Wulfric certainly helped too, as I doubt that I could have survived that. The country WAS going to hell in a hand basket.The idiot oil millionaire did ruin the country and for exactly the reasons she predicted. "Your Captains of Industry will need their intelligent sons to run their Industries, their idiot sons will be elected to high office and ruin the country." If it weren't for the highly educated bureaucrats in the government, the idiots would ruin the country.And then greed raised it's ugly head. Government offices that should be concerned with the betterment. . you know. She'd have to talk like we can talk. That would be perfect."Jack just rolled his eyes, mumbling, "I think I need a drink."Burt flipped open they cooler that they had taken with them on the fishing trip. It was empty except for half melted ice, suspended in super cooled water."Nothin' in here!" Burt confirmed. He scanned the road up ahead of him. "Too bad there ain't a bar anywhere around here. I could use a cold one myself . . . maybe somethin to eat."Jack hoped against hope that. Every time he was in bed with a woman he tried to let go of HER, but in the end he always was comparing the experience and nothing came close to his dreams. The most recent one began to play out in his head as the nameless sleeping woman rolled to the other side of the bed. The brothel was packed with some of the newest arrivals in the small town. Men dotted the downstairs bar area, some playing cards while the whores flitted around them. He ambled through the maze of small tables, bumping a.