You can touch. But that’s it.” He smirked at me.The bell rang and I headed to fourth period. Math. I took my seat at the front of the class and to...k out my notebook and a pencil. I sat there ready to learn... and to seduce Mr. Jacobsen while I’m at it.Everyone settled into their seats and class began. Mr. Jacobsen paced at the front of the classroom as he asked for everyone to pull out their homework. He went around and collected it and stopped when he got to me.“Homework?”“Oh... I don’t have. He isn't ready yet. You may have ruined everything," Katie wailed in despair."NO, sister!" Margie shouted. "You are wrong. It may be too early for some minor Wizard, but Mark is much more than that. You must also give yourself to him. See his power and his capacity, as I have, and you will know just how powerful a Wizard he will be. He only needs the training and our guidance. We will need to take him to others and soon, but for now we will suffice."It was then that I saw that though Margie. The flame of love can blind us to danger.”I followed her inside where I found my clothes, sandals, my bag of dried fruit, my turquoise and my water skin. Atop the skin was a sizable dagger in a leather sheath. I picked it up. It was heavy for its size so I removed the sheath.“Is this iron?”“A gift from me.”“It must be very valuable.”“It is but it reminds me too much of the brutish Hittite who gave it to me. So I will hardly miss it. It will cleave any bronze blade.”I thanked her and got. Joseph Hospital, after notifying our family doctor. The evening dragged on for an eternity before the family doctor was able to inform me that after examination and a lot of testing it had been determined that my wife had internal problems and was even now being prepped for exploratory surgery. Because a lot of the surgery was exploratory to determine exactly what the problem was, he had nothing to offer until the completion of the surgical procedure. So I waited for hours, worrying and just.