The new chapters have been sent to the Moderators to be posted.
This week's chapters open with Max arising the next morning and starting his day. At breakfast he opens a new jar of homemade Apple Butter, and has questions for Uncle Thad about where in North Carolina they are. Following the meal he uses a spell of his own to repair their tractor. Jill's relatives are very impressed.
Later that day there are problems with Calisa who wants to go home. Max learns the second part to the sphere spell and casts shells around all of the O'Donnell's Farm buildings to
protect them from Attack. That evening they return Calisa home. He casts a shell to protect her house, Melany's house, and Jill's house. They have only finished the shell on Jill's house a short time when there is a huge explosion.
It takes time for them to recover from the effects of the explosion. They go outside to check on the damage, which is considerable to the houses across the street. In a rolled over pickup they find a dead man and another who they take prisoner. Their hearing is still effected but it doesn't keep them from having sex.
Later their hearing is better, and they question the prisoner after checking on the damage again and visiting Calisa. They need to wait to hang the prisoner until most of the police have left. By then it's 0430 and too late to return to Uncle Thad's as they will be getting up. They sleep at Jill's house until the middle of the day.
More next week.
Keep Well,
uncle jim