We were over $500 richer! We thought that we had better quit for a while, so Dad didn't bet again when he picked up the winnings. He told the bookie t...at he would be back when he had another hunch. Two weeks later, Dad placed four more bets on baseball games and managed to lose them all. We thought that was enough baseball until World Series time.The first Monday in September, Dad went in to the bookie and bet $25 on Auburn to win every football game. We knew we would lose some, but we were. "She leaned back and spoke normally again."But the girl didn't care, because she loved her uncle, and she loved the time they spent together."She paused for a handful of heartbeats."And then everyone was surprised. An elder Lord's wife had died, and he wished to marry. He hadn't much to offer a woman, but the girl was a drain on her father's estate, and marrying her off would solve both the Lord's problem, and her father's. And that is what happened. She was torn from the uncle she so. The ring on my finger, its faint representation distinct from Levi’s within my mind, would take care of the sorcerer if my traditional method of killing her was to be neutralized, as I believed it would be.Qoura would never place herself in my mercy. She knew something of my abilities, or she wouldn’t meet me after my effortless murder of her apprentice. From the slaughter afterwards, she must know of my Ashkan artifact, the behemoth Levi. If the blue-robed woman standing ahead of all but one. She took a deep breath, while Luke traced her jaw with his tongue. "Fire." She said before he reached her mouth with his. He pulled her over to the fire place with him, and stoked the fire. She pulled a thick blanket off the back of the couch laying it in the floor. She took her shoes off while watching Luke take his off. They both stood looking at each other for what seemed like hours. Lacey felt incredibly hot, and she touched her face to feel just how hot. Luke was looking at her like he.