To the best of their knowledge he never gave up on anyone. But for all intent and appearances he had on both of them!And to make it worse he was going...to keep his word, they knew he would.Andrea still sat on the floor stunned."Aric is done with me," she thought really worried. "Aric said he is done with me? That can't be! What am I going to do? I love him! I know he loves me too! I need him!"But Daven in desperation still thought he could salvage something."Andrea, honey, let me call the. For every possible form of proof, I had been skeptical. Who wouldn’t be? None of it made sense. Magic wasn’t real. I wasn’t a modern wizard. The world didn’t work that way.Nevertheless, I couldn’t explain the lingering kiss Jana was having with me. She had shown me nothing but hostility and disgust. At no point had she done anything that indicated she was interested in me, not even as a friend for Danielle’s benefit. Yet, here she was, here we were, kissing.She pulled back only a fraction. Her. ’ ‘Yes, Mistress.’ ‘You may relax, Drake.’ ‘Thank you, Mistress Raell.’ Drake sighed very softly, relieved to be able to sit down comfortably. He watched Mistress Raell, once again admiring her. She moved like a cat, seemingly with no effort. Her long brown hair was pulled back, and she wore a tight fitting black dress, paired with tall black leather boots. In nearly any other situation Drake would be drooling over her, but as her slave he felt only fear. Raell went and grabbed a leash, feeling. Even more clueless was me just now realizing that two weeks ago, she had asked me out and I still did nothing. I finally called her.“I'm really glad you called, Joe. I’d love to get together, but I have to go to the airport early in the morning. My parents are taking me to New York for a week and a half. I’ll be back on the Fourth of July.”Somehow I managed to stammer, “Well, do you have plans for the Fourth?”“No, I don’t. But it would be fun to go see some fireworks with you.”Now that was.