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Jeff was walking around in the courtyard, thinking about the last two days he had just had, when Piroska walked out on the veranda. He was so deep in thought that he almost didn't notice her.
"Jeff, will you please sit down with me, I can see that you have a lot on your mind?" Piroska asked Jeff with a pleasant smile on her face.
Jeff walked around to the veranda and sat down on a chaise lounge that was there, leaving Piroska to take a chair. He looked tired, and his face shown lots of worry in it.
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"Piroska, thank you for asking, I do have a lot on my mind! I have done so many things these past few days that I would have never dreampt of doing three weeks ago. I killed three men and a lady yesterday! It's just so unlike me, that I'm about to lose my mind over it. Do you think I'm becoming an evil man?" Jeff said, visibly shaking with fear.
She was looking at a man that was so much in control of everything yesterday, yet tonight, he was almost falling apart from the fear that could easily be seen on his face. She was as worried for him, she wanted to hug him and make him feel safe once again. Piroska knew the turmoil that must be raging inside of him, she knew the consequences of Jeff becoming evil, yet she knew that he had only done what he had to do. She knew she had to help Jeff through this time of struggling with his emotions.
"Master, you have done what the ring was created to do! Nothing that you did was evil, or the ring would have consumed you by now. The killing that you did was necessary to protect your family and mine. Had you not killed the Merc, he would have tried to kill you and your family. The man that you killed at your home was trying to rape and kill your wife. What would they have done to your family had you not killed them? Margit was so evil that she would have killed anyone, did she not think in her mind that she was going to kill my family once she got away from you? All of it was done to save lives, that couldn't be evil of you Master!" Piroska said while looking at Jeff with her warm smile.
Jeff knew what she was saying was the truth, but what he was unsure of, was if he would have to go on killing on behalf of the ring. Were there others ways of handling the situation than what he chose to do? He had doubt about other things as well, was he becoming someone else entirely?
He felt that he was, and he wasn't sure if this new person he was becoming, was the man he wanted to be. Right this minute, he was wishing that he had never found the ring.
"Master, I want you to know that my family has been following the ring for centuries now. My ancestors created the ring to conquer an evil king, what you did yesterday, was the very same thing. Piroska said to Jeff. "Adam Basa was like a king in our country, he continued to destroy the lives of innocent people, even though there was no need to. He had more money than he could have ever spent in two lifetimes, but he and his wife still robbed people of their land and killed people for no apparent reason." She said with a pause.
"Putting an end to his reign of terror was exactly what the ring was created to do. Being the wearer of the ring gave you no choice but to act as you did! You need not feel guilty for doing what you did. Evil needed to be removed from the world, and you did just that. Showing Adam mercy was a kind and decent thing; you could have easily killed him, and would have been justified in doing so. That just shows that the ring chose you wisely!" Piroska said pleadingly to Jeff.
Jeff was holding his head in his hands, thinking over what Piroska had just told him. He still felt a knot of guilt in the pit of his stomach; he just couldn't accept that he was right for torturing Adam and his wife. Couldn't he have just told them in his mind to forget about the ring?
"Piroska, I could have done things differently with Margit, I could have made her forget all about the ring, I didn't have to kill her! I could have shown her mercy as well, I am an evil man no matter how much you say otherwise." Jeff said shamefully.
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Piroksa hadn't told Jeff everything that she knew of the Basa family, she was saving it for a later time, but she knew now that Jeff had to hear everything.
"Master, there is more to this story, I am surprised that the ring hasn't revealed it to you yet, maybe the ring wanted you to handle Adam Basa before you moved on to the others!" she exclaimed.
Jeff had a look of despair in his eyes, when he said, "What the hell are you talking about Piroska, what others are there?"
"Master, there is another family that had a part in the Basa's being as evil as they were. Margit's family intermarried with them over the centuries. There are still several members of her family that know of the ring, and they will be after it now that the Basa's have failed to get it back from you." Piroska said with a bowed head.
"You had no choice but to kill her, it prevented her family from knowing exactly what happened. Had you not killed her, her family would have figured out that the wearer of the ring had wiped her mind clean, like you did with Andras. Now, they have no actual knowledge of what happened and will have to try to figure out what their next move will be. This delay will only help you!" Piroska exclaimed.
Jeff knew that she was right. He had to figure out what his next move would be; he knew he had to meditate so he could converse with the ring to figure it out.
"Thank you Piroska, for all of your help and this information. If you will excuse me, I have to go, good night!" Jeff said as he got up to go to bed. He hugged Piroska, kissing her on the cheek, before he left her.
Piroska said as Jeff walked away, "Goodnight Master, we should talk more tomorrow!"
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Laura was waiting for him when he came to bed. She was horny and wanted Jeff to fuck her; she had been wet for hour thinking about it.
"Master, please come to bed and fuck me?" Laura pleaded with Jeff
Jeff had too much on his mind and he knew he had to meditate before he could talk with the ring. He didn't want to make her wait, but he knew he needed to.
"Laura, I need some time to think, I will wake you later on, but right now, I need to meditate!" Jeff said to her.
Laura knew that what her Master said was what he really needed, she went back to sleep, dreaming of her Master, and all of the events that had taken place the last few days.
Jeff lay in bed trying to slow down his brain; his mind had been racing back and forth over what Piroska had said to him. It took him a few minutes for his mind to slow down enough to reach that calm state that he needed to be in, to talk with the ring.
The ring started showing him what Margit's family had done over the years with the Basa's. The Sandor family had been in business with the Basa's for two centuries now. Their family was interwoven with marriages between several of its members. Margit had been the last of the Sandor family to marry a Basa.
The Sandor's were just as evil as the Basa's had been. Though not quite as wealthy as the Basa's, they had made their living by doing the same sort of crimes as them. There were several families that had been completely wiped out by the Sandor's when they killed every male member of a family.
The ring showed him that the Sandor's had known about the ring for quite some time now, they had several members of their family that had volunteered to try the ring on, all of them dying like the members of the Basa's had done. They had someone that they thought was a good candidate to try it on once the ring was back in Hungary.
They were planning on having it all to themselves once Margit had killed Adam. They were aware of what Adam and Margit had been up to and were anxious to hear from her. What they didn't know was Margit had not planned to share the power of the ring with them. It had been her plan all alone to have it for herself. Now that she was dead, they wouldn't know what happened and it would take them time to form a plan.
The ring showed Jeff what his next move should be; now he had to set that plan into motion. It would take him several days to put it into action; he had some work to do before he would take on the Sandor's'. He could at least enjoy a few days rest while he waited on everything to line up for him.
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Laura was dreaming about the man that had come to her house. She knew that when she saw Jeff, everything would be alright. She had watched Jeff kill the man, wanting to see the man suffer! She had never wanted to see anyone die before, but she was elated when Jeff killed him the way he did. She knew her husband would always take care of her.
In her dream, she and Katelin had grown so close that day. She could sense that Katelin wanted to be with Jeff almost as much as she did. Laura wanted Jeff to pay her price for the help that she had given him; she just couldn't ask him to pay it. She couldn't even stand to think of it.
She was at odds with herself over it, but she wanted Katelin to have what she wanted. She was wrestling with herself, tossing and turning, when Jeff shook her to wake Laura up.
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"Laura, wake up Angel, what's wrong?" Jeff said as he shook her awake.