‘What’s that?’ her husband asked. ‘It’s today’s absentee list,’ Heidi said. ‘Both Sarah and Mindy Davis are out today. And Ben Sanders... is off, too. Do you think that’s a coincidence?’ ‘Call the girls’ home, see if someone’s there,’ Tim said. Heidi looked up the Davis girls’ phone number and dialed. The phone rang and rang. She looked at Tim and Martha and shook her head. ‘Shall we go over and see if Mr. Sanders is home?’ Tim asked Heidi and Martha. ‘Might as well,’ Martha said. ‘I’ll stay here. They are an ancient race that have grown bored and decided to occupy their time by trying to expand their empire. In their arrogance, self-assuredness, over-confidence or whatever you want to call it; they each believed that they could win any conflict, that their technology was so advanced that they couldn’t lose.After thousands of years they finally realized that their enemies were just as advanced, that they were evenly matched. It took centuries for them to realize that their population was. The wisps hit my face, sucked into my nostrils, and filled my sinuses with a spicy aroma. “You can call me ‘Lucy,’ by the way.” Lucy said, black lips creasing, “I’m getting sick of you mentally referring to me as ‘the devil.’”“Oh, uh… sorry.” I mumbled. “Don’t ever apologize in hell.” Lucy chuckled, “What’s it matter anymore if you’re sorry?” She brushed a wavy curtain of black hair from one of her eyes, and grinned from the top of her brow, “You take what you want down here.” “I want you.” I. "They could hear the sound of the bar being quickly removed and then door was flung open so fast the vacuum from it almost pulled Lori inside.Standing there looking wild was Mark.It looked like he had been having it rough. He was down to only his pants and he had been sweating heavily. Because of how sweaty he was the look of his muscles appeared even more defined than they normally were.Trying not to lick her lips at the sight of him, Lori didn't say anything as she lift her right hand and.