/ A TALE OF GHOSTS AND GUARDIANS /

CHAPTER TWO

Dearly Departed

Hardy sat in his mobile home, a dented, green pickup truck, watching a superfluous mansion in the rural town of Karmouth, New York. The huge house rested on a quiet, wooded hill several miles from the center of the town. The red and yellow leaves of the mid-October trees created a ring of fire around the ten acre estate. Despite its queerness, the efficacy of the mansion lay in its mystiqu. . .

/ A TALE OF GHOSTS AND GUARDIANS /

CHAPTER TWO

Dearly Departed

Hardy sat in his mobile home, a dented, green pickup truck, watching a superfluous mansion in the rural town of Karmouth, New York. The huge house rested on a quiet, wooded hill several miles from the center of the town. The red and yellow leaves of the mid-October trees created a ring of fire around the ten acre estate. Despite its queerness, the efficacy of the mansion lay in its mystiqu. . .

A problem resided with the arms. The muscles felt strong, almost as powerful as the legs, and the skin enveloping them pulled tight and smooth. They were an exceptional design. Ask any expert and they would have agreed that the arms were the peak of anatomy.

The problem with the arms proved to be the weight.

Starting at the shoulders the burden slithered along the scars, across the multicolored flesh, through the abrasive steel shackles at the wrists, pooling final. . .

A problem resided with the arms. The muscles felt strong, almost as powerful as the legs, and the skin enveloping them pulled tight and smooth. They were an exceptional design. Ask any expert and they would have agreed that the arms were the peak of anatomy.

The problem with the arms proved to be the weight.

Starting at the shoulders the burden slithered along the scars, across the multicolored flesh, through the abrasive steel shackles at the wrists, pooling final. . .