She was not old enough for anything evil to touch her heart yet; I would probably feel the same need to protect her."So you don't think wanting to pro...tect Celia had anything to do with her rape?" Candice asked from the door."I didn't see it coming or get a psychic feeling," I answered. "It was general, like protecting a lit candle from the wind." Okay." That's not the end, Candice." Her eyes showed fear. I did not want to tell her. Candice deserved better for everything she had done for. "Well, I owe you, so sure," Koroti replied.Koroti proved to be immediately useful by finding a safe place for theanimals to wait while they proceeded down to the next level (exceptMilah's wolf Ajax, who stayed with the party), and while there the partytook advantage of some secret dwarf passages to keep a group of greaterorcs (otherwise known as orogs) from being able to effectively fightthem. After the battle was over, Milah leveled up, and the partydecided to have a rest before they would go. We had met a farmer and slept the night in his house with his wife and four children. We left that morning with Zaccus' and Anna's good byes ringing in our ears. We promised to stop on the way back.We walked in to the small town. There were perhaps a hundred or so adults living in the town. We met a cousin of hers, Jonas, and I was introduced to him as husband. His eyes widened a little at that. They were even wider as Elena explained what happened when and just before we met. He seemed. The head veil only seemed like a distraction.Mumtaz started her car when it was 5 minutes past 8 pm. Her maids winked at her as she left. Maybe they knew she was not the same woman.Mumtaz had never been to Alex’s house. It was a huge mansion. Mumtaz wasn’t surprised as she knew Alex was a con man. She parked her car and walked through the open main door. There were hardly 10 to 15 people inside, including bearers who carried champagne in glasses.Mumtaz could observe the eyes of all the men and.