“He told us to wait,” the flaxen-haired angel interjected. Alluna backed away from the trio and bumped into something. She turned slowly, letting ...er eyes trail up another black-clad body. Long, silky hair, like liquid satin the color of the blackest night stirred in the breeze, a few strands flowing over a thick throat. Skin, white as snow, soft dewy pink lips, and eyes that glowed like electric blue fire, Alluna found herself gazing into the face of a god.Zak gripped Alluna at the same time. I will take that gem if you can mount it immediately in the mace I have with me.”“Yes, I can do that while you wait. There will be no extra charge for the mounting, unless I have to do some special work on the setting.”I handed him the mace and piled the money on the counter while the jeweler set the gem. I had to admire the appearance of the mace after the ruby was set into the handle.Almo and I stepped outside and teleported home. When we reached there, I handed the new mace to Almo and. Right then everyone was busy with other details, and they couldn't take the short amount of time to reflect on what the recently departed had meant to their lives. Things had indeed gotten chaotic, and it didn't look like they were going to get any easier in the near term, either.When they returned, Ellen and Flora had breakfast ready, which they served lain out on the grass, with everyone separated by their current health status: David, Ellen, Flora to one side, Alice and Caitlyn sitting near. I made itdifficult for him, having to always meet secretly at his apartment, neverat mine. Each tryst was deliberately limited by using the excuse of howlong I could avoid being missed by the security goons. Every time we metI pretended that I had to put on a heavy disguise to leave my apartment.I could not be gone for long without being missed. This made our lovemaking infrequent but, for him, all the more precious and passionate.His ideas for sex were quite mundane. I was always coaxing him.