The enormity of that washed over me.Carolyn sat next to me and put her arms around me. The feel and smell of her was a balm for my weary body and soul... She didn't say anything. She didn't need to. She knew me well as friend and lover.I didn't dare allow myself to wallow in this pointless self pity. By dumb luck or divine intervention I had ended up on this snowy night just before Christmas, in this house with this family.I looked at Carolyn. Her beautiful face was full of concern."Just a bit. When I say big I mean absolutely huge. A man joined her and it wasn't long before both were buck naked. Now I'd seen my Dad naked before and wished I had something close to what swung between his legs but this guy showed me much more. He had to have been at least four inches longer the Dad and a heck of a lot thicker. I sorta cringed thinking how short and thin I was in the same place. Well I watched with fascination as this huge breasted woman dropped to her knees and quickly began taking this. “Only people who deserve it, and even then, only when I have to.” Before Samantha could ask what she meant, Triss shook her head again. “You’re happier not knowing the details, Sam. Just be happy knowing the only people getting hurt deserve it.” After a few seconds to process, Sam nodded, and Triss continued. “The issue isn’t that, though. The issue is Elen can’t do much without her book.”“Book? Oh! Oh, the stuff my sire took, after Jack beat the hunters. Oh ... oooh...” She gulped and looked. The other women immediately turned hostile at these words and started to chant spells and make signs in the air. My Flames instantly surrounded them as I called them forth, and the women were frozen in place. They all turned pale at this.“My disagreement isn’t with you,” I told them loudly, “And I will overlook your indiscretion. I am here to demand that La Marais remove the curse from my wives or I WILL inflict the punishment on her that I mentioned earlier.”“I’ll never remove the curse even.