I know what you’re doin’,’ and I froze in my tracks. ‘Xander, I’m sorry,’ I muttered, as his shadow fell over me, ‘I know I said I would...’t but…SHE WAS OUR DAUGHTER, goddamn it!’ ‘Come on, then,’ he said gently, coming down the stairs to meet me. He took my hand and led me down the last two steps into the root cellar. He was nude and smelled of mint, having just showered, this glorious man for whom I’d long ago given up my so-called life in New York and come out to the flat plains of the. My thoughts are straying again... shaking my head to clear them I bend over to look in the bottom drawer, turning my head sideways I see you taking a sip of your coffee "No problem, I think I found it " Standing up I didn't realize the upper drawer had slid forward and I crack my head on the edge... Pain causes me to drop the map and stagger a bit against the cabinet... You reach out to help me but it is too late the canister of coffee, condiments and such things we kept on top for easy access. Wouldn’t a pregnancy require getting older?”“Oh,” she said, mollified. “Um ... well, when you said you were worried about growing old without me, I removed the anti-aging spell. Then once I realized I was pregnant I couldn’t put it back in place without killing the baby.” She caressed her stomach lovingly.I put my hand on her belly and felt a little kick. “Wow.”“Yeah, she’s pretty active these days.”“She?”“Yes ... I couldn’t stand not knowing, so I scried. I think I’m the first witch that’s. . 'Skryben's sensors were busy. There was nothing nearby, not even a stray asteroid. Farther away, the dim red star glowed against the night, its sullen radiance filling the infra red spectrum. It was behind them, no telling how far. Rand set up coordinates for a jump at right angles to it."Third Officer Korsun, report!" Inertial guidance tracking. Capacitors one sixty fourth charged. Ready for ranging jump." First shift Pilot Yurtloss, report!" Ship heading steady. Ready for jump." Do it!".