"Get two more buckets," a woman spoke.Her voice was beautiful, Ree'al didn't want to hear it. He turned over, now face up. Naked, drunk, and smelly, a...y of these three qualities should chase the woman away. He had yet to open his eyes but after two more soakings, he cracked them open. Ree'al blinked several times to clear his vision and he was able to focus on her. She was handsome. A strange appellation for a woman but it fit. Her chin was large, her nose larger than most women's and her eyes. .. whined at her, and she suggested jealousy might work. It was ... stupid. And it totally failed; you didn't get jealous." Oh, yes I did. I wanted to rip her hair out. But ... if she'd made you happy..." I trailed off. "It hurt, but you deserve it." And you don't?" He saw the truth written on my face when he tilted my chin up so I couldn't hide. "Oh, Sierra. You do. And I'm going to do my damnedest to prove it to you." He pulled me into a tight hug, and I realised we fit together, somehow, my. The two guardsmen arrived as I was helping the twins. They went directly to Captain Sean Og to report what had happened before hastily returning to their posts. By the time I had finished instructing the twins in the use of spoons and forks, our hosts were finishing their soup. The Sisters quickly finished theirs."You are a very proficient Wizard for one so young," Lady Caoilinn said, as the bowls of the first course were being cleared away and the second course was being served."All of the. “Oh, right! So you bought into the competition?”“Not into. We already owned around forty percent. Another party with twenty percent sold us their shares so now we have a controlling interest. We will be replacing senior management at once. That is where you come in. I shall need you in Boston for the foreseeable.”I will swear her secretary braced herself, like someone who is walking his dog on the beach and suddenly sees a fifteen foot wave looming in the corner of their eye.“Excuse.