She would return my calls, but I was also generally out, so it wasn’t until the night before I was to return that I finally got her on the phone, an... asked her to pick me up the next afternoon. My flight got in about an hour after the scheduled time because of headwinds, but there was Meg, waiting for me as I straggled off the plane. It had been a very long flight, with the added hour simply compounding the stiffness and aches I had accumulated from being cooped up for so long. When she saw. ”I turned to Mme Bertha, seated with a cup of tea at the kitchen table. Her expression was as bland as could be. After a moment, she nodded.“So what’s up this weekend, Sofía?”“Javier is getting an award for best librarian or something like that. We’ll help him celebrate.”I had a thought about the Rain Festival. Sofía and Javier and I had certainly celebrated then.“You’re on, Sofía.” I turned to Mme Bertha. “Thank you, Mme Bertha. It will be my pleasure.”“I talked to Sra. Martínez. She has your. " I woke in a small padded space, not much larger than my own body, there was no light to see by so I explored my surroundings and myself entirely by touch." "I found I could remember almost nothing, not my own name, not my parents or siblings, only two things were still known to me; 1: I was a woman; and 2: I was a Necromancess, a practitioner of the magic of life, death, and spirits. I knew that this was my profession, but none of the rituals and sorcery that should have gone with it. .. You know what I want. Don't think you saved my life, you just prolonged my suffering" I let my head fall in to his chest.He stills for a while. His hand strokes my back gently."Maybe I can make you forget about it for a while" he says lifting my face, cupping my chin with his hand and kissing me tenderly. I feel his other hand unzipping my sweatshirt.I close my eyes while I feel his hand getting into my shirt, touching my bare skin. He caresses my waist, travels through my ribs and up to my.