But she was always moody at school. And got into trouble all the time. Getting into fights, bunking off school, not doing her homework and things. And... when the councillor spoke to her, she sorta let it all spurt out, like. And that was why her Dad had to leave home.’ ‘She’d never told her mother?’ ‘Her Dad told her not to. That it would upset her, like. And that she shouldn’t upset her Mam.’ ‘And what did you feel like when she told you?’ ‘I dunno. Real weird, I suppose. But it wasn’t long. My muse. The woman that would be my queen.Mary.Was any name more sublime?For the last year, I had watched her on my television, drinking in her every appearance. My DVR was filled with recordings of her beauty. I needed her to be mine. I burned with passion for her. But how could a lowly mortal like me tame a Goddess?In the back corners of the internet I found the way. The Magicks of the Witch of Endor. A book condemned by the Theocracy, illegal in any corner of the world. But I didn't care. I. Letting his hand slide down, he stopped on my butt. I don't jump or move his hand, he smiled and ran it across my butt. He looked at the clock and said that's enough for today, come back after school tomorrow.After school I went to his room but he wasn't there, so I sat in a desk and waited for him. Ten minutes later he came in, shut the door and sat at his desk calling me over to him. He wrote a problem down and put the answer, then he showed me how he got there and handed me a pen and told me. Grace and Lisa went with them. Things were good, the hospital was staffed but business had slowed so the obstetrical nurses weren’t needed, and everyone drove home. The roads were open but little traffic; nobody stopped them. Everywhere they looked there was major damage of some kind.After dropping Dale, Erin, Lisa, Grace, and Nancy and the babies off at the Circle, Dave drove to his office building. He just stared at the building as it came into view. Nearly every window was blown out. The.