"When he returned, Jewel was ladling a thick stew out of the kettle into wooden bowls."... And another spoonful for you, and one for Amy, and one for...... Oops!" What is it?" Neal blinked his eyes in the dim light, trying to see what it was that she had fished out of the kettle."A silver chain, with something hung from it. Looks like... Yes, it's a gem, some kind of green stone carved into the shape of a sea shell." The Mother Goddess!" Amy covered her mouth, guiltily, then continued in a much. “Hi darling. You should have come with us.”“Next time. I assume you left a trail of broken hearts and leaking pussies behind.” She laughed knowing she was right.Alice intervened, “He did six women, and yes they were following him around at lunch like lost puppies because he was leaving them.”Dave retorted, “Well, Alice Angel and her trusty sidekick also made an appearance and left the males in a similar state of mind. They want us to come back soon, and they all want to visit us.”“Good, I’ll. Tears gathered in her eyes and she bit her lip to keep from making any noise. Sucking in a deep breath, she rose and backed out of the room, shutting the door behind her. She wandered back down the hall to the brightly lit kitchen and stared at the stack of paperwork before her. It had been a month since her parents had passed away and she didn’t know what she was doing half the time these days. Between settling their affairs and trying to take care of Riley, she was completely exhausted. Then. He was just a weakling, undeveloped, a teenagerwho gave the impression of still being a child. Here alone, young man? Don't you have friends to share this miserablefair with? Why do you just stand there by yourself, eating your drippingice cream?As if on cue, three other young men approached him. Even from adistance, I could tell they were no friends of this boy. I couldn't hearwhat they said to him, but I could read the humiliation in his face.Wolves, obviously, travelling in a pack, looking.