Sid was bellowing like a bull when Lexi and Mr. von Engels walked through the door.<br/><br/>“Lock that son of a bitch behind you,” He screamed at Lexi. “Don’t think you are walking out of here today. I tolerated that yesterday but Neo here tells me you are dumb bitch and you, “forgive” him.” Sid’s words were so harsh and acerbic that Lexi winced. “So with that out of the way, you have no reason to go running out of here. Bottom line,, no fuckin in my store. You two got that?”<br/><br/>Lexi glanced at Neo but held up her hands to Sid,<br/><br/>“Whoa, slow down, big guy. What has your panties in a wad?”<br/><br/>“Someone broke in last night and stole my petty cash right after they trashed the place. Thousands of dollars of inventory was lost and I won’t be able to open for a week. They left a calling card,”<br/><br/>Sid held out a small skull, like that from a baby or a small ape. In a dark rust brown, a hex sign was painted on it and a replica of a dagger was shoved through one eye.<br/><br/>“He,” Sid pointed to Neo, “said it could be blood.”<br/><br/>Lexi looked at Mr. von Engels and waited to see if he would recount the death threat on her bathroom mirror. He had told her to let it go and she planned on letting the men call the shots from now on. She had made a muddle of trying to use the magic in that big book and she was scared to death. Whatever she had touched seemed to get fucked up. All she wanted to do was live her life and have a little fun. She glanced at Neo and just shrugged.