She had my normally wavy shoulder-length dark hair pulled up in an elegant up-do. My makeup was fashionably understated. She did a great job with the ...yeliner and fake lashes without making me look like a caricature or a clown. George came in when Katherine was putting the finishing touches on me. He looked fresh and polished in a very well-tailored dark grey suit, fitted white shirt, and a lightly patterned purple tie that set off a sparkle in his eyes. He looked gorgeous in a very proper way.. Three promotions later, I am on brink to join the big guns. Björn attending might be the best thing about this celebration. I can already start my work on him.“Sorry, would you please repeat the question.” Damn, it’s so hard to pay attention to all the bullshit my colleagues tend to talk about all day. Where the fuck is Vince? He should better not be at the bar drinking and embarrassing me. Now I need to go searching for him, just great.“Vince, where the fuck have you been? I have been looking. We'll let that be for now.The other thing that surprises me, of course, is that you were able todefend yourself against Moranna. You seem to have some real power. Iwonder if that may open the way at last for us to turn the tables againstMoranna." I'm afraid I don't know much about this new power," I answered, "or evenwhere it came from. I'm quite sure Moranna never expected that making mefemale would give me magic--and especially not magic that could standagainst her. You should have seen her. I never liked Dave, I always felt that Amber deserved better, but then I never felt that any guy was good enough for my Amber but me. I never knew just how true my suspicions were until I found Amber stretched out on a lawn chair nursing a double Scotch. I stood in the open garden gate studying her. She was wearing a very short summer print, halter-top dress. The top was tied loosely and I could see her hard, erect nipples as the material moved in the gentle breeze. Fixing myself.