"I hope you enjoy your stay, Mr Russell" as she hands him his key card."I am sure I will," taking the card and winking back at her.That evening he ord...rs room service and asks if Ms Lilli Rose could deliver extra towels Mr Russell specify for her. About 45 minutes later Ms Lilli Rose knocks on the door and when Keith opens the door, she has a very confused look on her face."Yes. Thank you for bringing this to my room." No problem, sir but I work the front desk so it is not my usual duties to. Since she and her husband had started having their problems, she drank more each day.First, it was a couple of beers a night. Later it became a couple of beers and some champagne each evening to deaden that empty feeling. Now, it was a shot of bourbon and four or five beers. But still that empty feeling remained.The marriage was empty. He had not been intimate with her in a long time. She couldn't remember the last time they had made love.He still expressed his love for her by supporting her. Leanne softly added, "I think we're all stuck!" There was a quiet pauseafter she said this while butterflies bred in my stomach.Mark said quietly, "Look! We don't even know how to play this game, solet's just get up from the table before anything bad happens. We canthrow this thing in the trash before we get stuck some place we wouldrather not be."The rest of us just looked at him and nodded, afraid to say anything ormake any sudden moves. We had seen the movies so we could speculatewhat. It does not. It comes from those who would use their powers for their own end. Magick is a tool; it can be used for good or ill, all depending on the heart of its wielder." You sound frighteningly like my teacher." Of course. Who do you think taught her?"Aerick studied the woman quietly. He knew little, save for the information that Syrena provided to him on the Guardians. His teacher spoke not once of her own teacher, or how she became a Guardian herself."Come," She held out her hand. Aerick.