“Nice to see you again Alina.” I greeted Alina as walked in to The Red Rose the earlier part of evening when it was growing dark. The hangovers were starting to subside and the boys were intent to get ready to drink again. I suppose for Carl and Eddy having another drink right now was just as much as a cure for their hangovers as it was a tempting idea. I just hope that they can try to control themselves tonight at a castle invitation. There is not going to be a fire pit tonight with Gipsy folk songs, it is going to be a stiff candle lit dinner with a rude Lord. Alina was carrying four large black rectangular boxes. After a nod to acknowledge Grigori in a formal way, she placed them down on the table in front of us. She looked at the group around me her eyes stopping to read the Octo

