This smacked of intervention by the Eternal Flame.My thoughts were disrupted when I returned to Hickory Hill. The appearance of Ken, Kell, and their W...ves had created a problem of sorts. There were not enough bedrooms now for everyone in the family to maintain a room there. With all of the additions to the clan, there were now more members than could be accommodated in the main house at Hickory Hill. The addition of Wolf and I having lovers or live in girlfriends didn't help either. I had. He reached for the purse that had fallen with Blago’s sundered belt. Standing, he tied it to his own belt and tucked it into his pants. Then, he turned to the now crowded room and said in a steady, even voice, “So it will end for anyone who steals from me or harms anything or anyone under my protection. Mark me! I may someday be bested, but my killer will pay dearly on that day!”“Now, the business at hand,” he continued. “If there is any friend who wishes to grant this offal mercy, I will. I grabbed some clean boxers, a t-shirt and my other pair of jeans. I walked barefoot down the hall and found the door closed. I didn't hear anything on the other side so I wasn't sure if I should knock or just open it. I didn't have to do either as Susan opened the door. She had a towel wrapped around her and her dirty clothes in her arms. She was surprised to run into me. I stepped back to let her by, and a pair of pink panties fell out of her pile and landed at her feet.Two thoughts passed. What happens to a stud after hisprime, he becomes dog food? What happens to woman after her prime,she makes cookies with her grandchildren? The answer seems simple ifnot obvious. Good-bye, Shaun. Hello, Shauna.I've always liked topaz, it's been reported to be worn by the clear-sighted, to increase strength, to protect you during emergencies. Itwas also worn by the goddess Diana as a ring, waxing and waning tophases of the moon and her mood. (Gad, where do I come up with thisstuff?)And so it.