"Right, so then we have a deal?"

Crowley sat at the other end of the table, facing a man who had for some odd reason just turned a sickly pale. The poor man had started quivering and began a fast nod. Crowley made a smile and got up from his side of the table, patting the man on the shoulder and exiting the door. Before he closed the door Crowley added in his raspy voice, "And I expect this to be completed soon, don't want anything going wrong." Crowley happily chuckled and closed the door, leaving the man there shaking.

Crowley held his small pleasant smile and straightened his tie as he exited the building, promptly going back to his house. The man was quite easy to break. Just a simple intimidation and a threat on his family and he crumbled like a fallen vase! He had certainly had harder challenges before. [i]Oh yes, and she was quite difficult to handle,[/i] Crowley thought. [i]Fortunately I got the better end of that deal.[/i]

Nicolas looked over from the couch as his father opened the door. Even at 13, Nic was already almost as tall as his dad, and it showed when the boy stood up. "Hi dad!" He greeted as Crowley entered and placed his hat on the coat rack.

Crowley turned from the rack and smiled at his son, giving a short wave. "Hello Nic, where's Michael off at?" He asked, looking around and expecting him to be there, but ended up not. "Did he run off again?"

Nicolas gave a quick nod. "Yeah, he said the house was too distracting to read his book. He got into some old collection called the Art of War, ever heard of that? Apparently it's about some old Chinese dude who gives all these wise sayings. It seemed boring to me and after explaining he ran off."

Crowley chuckled and shook his head. Both of the boys were remarkable in their own way, but they still managed to amuse him. They would certainly be able to uphold what he had created and may even expand on it. He had a large amount of confidence in them. They both had. "Well Nic I thought I would teach you a few things today. They're going to be fairly important to learn as you grow up." Crowley shut the front door and began his daily lesson. Laughter soon followed and the sun settled down hours later. After several more hours another boy approached the house and entered, falling face flat on his bed and quickly falling asleep.