Tears of despair trickled down her careworn cheeks as she gazed out the darkened window. Day and night the Evil One is demanding that I let him have the boys. But how can I? They are precious to me! Mentally she looked around her bleak surroundings and groaned deeply. Now that my husband Lawe has died, I have nothing to offer to keep them out of the creditors clutches. I have no talents, not charm, no money"—
“Nothing?” The barely audible voice stilled her troubled soul.
