"I had prepared a long speech to explain the situation to you, but since there's no trust between us, I'll try to keep it short." Haug said with a sigh. "Do you see Tartania there, at table three?"
He pointed at a young woman with red hair streaked blue all over that dined alone at a table for four. She only drank water, and there were more glasses in front of each one of the three other chairs.
Tartania seemed to be saving them for her friends who had left each a piece of clothing on the chairs.
"She was the first of her group to Awaken. They were just a bunch of kids with no mentor who had stumbled upon our secret on their own. They threw a party here, getting so drunk that those morons decided to follow her lead immediately.
07/25/21: These extra chapters are dedicated to Brian MK. Thank you very much for your generosity during hard times.