She stands over a large wooden table piled with chunks of meat. She wields a knife, cutting the meat into large strips. She trims the fat off with the ease only a professional could have. She stops to wipe the perspiration off her forehead with her apron. She waddles over to a drawer and pulls out a mallet. She catches a glimpse of herself in the shiny silver chalice on the counter.
She smiles as she sees she is once again beautiful the spell of the wizard has been broken thanks to her husband Shantner.
Just days ago she stood 4 foot 4 inches tall and weighed in at close to 500 pounds. She had long greasy brown hair and her eyes were jaundice. Her face was hideous, marked by a giant mole in the middle of her forehead and a burn mark that covers the entire left side of her neck and face.
She walks back to the table and picks up a strip of the meat and pounds it to tenderize it. ( a trick she learned from Shanter Magic over 200 years ago) She tenderizes the meat and whistles to herself. Smiling as she does so, realizing how much Black (Gabriel) Magic reminds her of his father.
She reaches underneath the table and opens the lid to the salt barrel. She sprinkles a handful over the strips knowing this will preserve the meat as much as the fire will add the taste of Blacks beloved jerky.
She proceeds outside carrying the strips and places them one by one on the hooks hanging from the giant spinning pole. The one Shantner used to roast the wild animals they hunted from time to time.
She lights the fire pit and watches as the strips begin to cook. She reaches into her apron and pulls out the bracelet she once wore. She smiles thinking of how the black smith made the set of 5 so many years ago.
She puts it back in her apron knowing that Black could drop by at any time now. Seems that he has as insatiable appetite when it comes to jerky. She smiles knowing that she would stop making Jerky if not for her sons love of it.
She frowns knowing many would consider this manual labor beneathe both a goddess and a queen but she loved the pleasure it brought her family, particularily Black.
She smiles and heads back into the castle walking through the kitchen and into the main room where she sits next to her husband shanter. Her throne next to his for they decided despite giving Black the DDM (Dark Demons of Magic) that neither of them were ready to retire for they are both immortal. They returned to Terig the land of her father and took over his kingdom the LDW (Legacy of Dark Wizards. They have since built a castle in Ameris as most of the followers have follwed them there as well.
Last updated January 9, 2005
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