That's me, the Robenstien partner.I had taken the transfer to Raleigh because my wife was bored to death in Roanoke. I'm a hang around the house kind ...f guy. Not Jean. She loves to shop with her gal friends. She likes to party too. From what I've heard, she always had two or three guys on the string in high school and college. It's no wonder. She is a tall, lovely brunette with exceptionally large, beautifully formed breasts. Her hair hangs eight inches below her neck. She is just lovely.Is she. Elven men don’t have muscles like that.”Katrin snickered. “So, what’s the problem?”Shavala tilted her head to the side. “You two are both humans. Don’t you want to follow human marriage customs?”“Which human marriage customs? Corec’s the son of a baron—there’s a good chance he’ll take a concubine someday. His brother already did, and having a concubine in the family would make people take us more seriously. That might be useful for whatever he wants to do as a warden.”“Treya?” Shavala. .."The old woman raised a hand, and suddenly Freddie's face clouded in fear, and she slowly wobbled her way out."Don't fear too much, Sarah," she sighed. "Magic interacts with the individual, even when it's punishing magic. I didn't pick that form for him: Freddie is so bad because *Fred* visualizes women that way. Cherry was pretty bad because you used to objectify women to that extent, too. If you had been a bit more equitable to begin with, I could never have plunked you in a cartoonish. That evening, I headed to the workout room. Still no Lisa. I hopped on the treadmill, and shortly afterward, heard the door open. In the mirror I saw Lisa’s reflection walk in ... and then turn and walk out as soon as she saw me.Okay ... now I knew for sure that something was not quite right. But by the time I could stop the treadmill and jump off to go after her, she was nowhere to be seen.I decided to send her a text: “What’s wrong?”I received a five-word response: “Blocking you. Leave me.