The party was nice, but finished very quickly. Everyone left shortly after lunch, around one in the afternoon and went back to their posts and work. I couldn’t blame them. There was still a lot to do, we still had to make sure the place was secure. One by one everyone left and only me, Kendra, my mom and our boys stayed behind. I had a chance to talk to my father and settle things around the … incident, if I could call it that. “We should probably go back too.” My father stood up from his chair and gave Alarick and Aelfric a look that indicated that they should lift their asses and follow him. I could tell that they didn’t want to. Aelfric was looking at Kendra like a lost puppy who was looking for a safe place and she was totally in that place.
“You heard the boss,” my mom said loudly,
