Two minutes starting now and it will get worse if you are not finished." I turned and walked to the living room looking at my watch closely. I meant w...at I said and was about to get up when they entered the room. "We're sorry that took so long." Linda said. I got up and grabbed her by the arm. Mary started to grab at my hand, but thought better of it. "Sorry that took so long what?" I shouted. "Master." Linda cried. I eased my grip slightly. "That's better. Now both of you strip." I let Linda. I dropped him off in front of the trailer, not wanting to have to go in with him. I really didn't want to be forced to listen to he and Kaitlyn arguing about who was more to blame for this mess they were in. There was plenty of blame for both of them, but none of that would help Danny get out of the serious mess he'd gotten himself into.I knew a guy who claimed to have a lot of influence down at the courthouse. He never spoke about how things could be arranged, or the actual process that took. I poured her some wine and slid it toward her. She smiled and picked it up for a deep swallow. I had been dishing up my plate. I decided to present Tom and Vanessa’s problem to Wendy for her counsel. That kind of personal counselling is the only kind I believe in. But Wendy spoke up before I got the chance.“I saw Van today. She looks terrible! She has dark patches under her eyes and she hardly has any energy or interest in anything.” I made ‘husband-is-eating-but-is-listening’ noises and she. It didn't take him long to find me, and he taunted me mercilessly of my own failures, all the while ignoring his own. I had learned much from Master Kurne in the arts of combat and survival, but I knew nothing of the ways of magick. My father tried to cast a spell on me, one of the forbidden spells, but was interrupted before he could finish by the Lady of the High Forest. One minute he was in the process of casting the spell, the next he was on the ground with an enraged High Elf standing over.