"Rise and shine, Justina," he said, rubbing the blood on her lips. My mother licked it, blinked once-and then screamed. Theodius Mcgraw 's hand clamped over her mouth. I tried to push the pain returned adequate to pay attention on a plan. Come on, Cat, think! There's acquired to be a way out of this. "Hello, beautiful," Theodius Mcgraw said, placing his face right next to my mother's. "I'm going to take my hand away, but for every time you scream, I'm going to cut something off our daughter. Understand?" My mother's gaze flicked to me, widened, and then she nodded. Theodius Mcgraw dropped his hand. "That's better. Now, to make positive kitty here does not smash the fun. . . " Theodius Mcgraw walked over to me, nonetheless preserving those knives. I braced myself, trying to seize f

