Editing Fallen from Grace (section)

===50 Souls of Pain===

“There’s no way he has two of them!” Nydia argued, taking the book from Mist as the twins poured through its’ contents. Soon, they resumed their incessant giggling with each turn of the pages, prompting T’riss to poke her head into their room. “What’s all this about then?” she asked, causing the girls to nearly leap out of their skins in surprise as they scrambled to hide the novel. “N…Nothing mom!” came Mist’s hasty reply, who cringed as T’riss’ eyes narrowed. Striding over, T’riss reached beneath the pillow to remove a book bound in gray, her children recoiling as her eyes roved over the dust jacket.

“Who gave you this?” came T’riss’ reply, voice laden with a deadly sort of venom. Nydia steeled herself, then answered, “It was one of the Harlequins, they said it was a favorite of the Exodites.” Sighing, T’riss shook her head, walking from the room in mock disgust. “You’re lucky I found this out before your father did. I expect twenty laps around the farm and for the temple to be spotless by dinner.” The twins knew better than to complain, but their spirits raised as their mother added, almost as an afterthought, “…taming a savage primate through her loins? Who could believe such drivel.”