Hobart.’ ‘Necessity is the mother of invention and you can call me Sarah.’ ‘Alright, Sarah, what are you proposing?’ ‘A way out of this tw...-bit town, this arranged marriage, this dull un-fulfilling life. I realize that I know very little about you but I sense, I hope, that underneath the showman’s exterior is a good and caring man who might consider helping a woman who is in much need of help. If I sound desperate please believe that I am. Desperate times inspire desperate deeds.’ I smiled. But only one of us died. I reached Angela, standing over her as she stroked the dragon's snout. “I don't know what to do with her, Thrak.”“Do?”“She's so big.” Angela didn't look up as she spoke. “I want to bury her, but how? She's immense.”“Faoril could do it.” I put my hand on her pauldron, the shoulder guard groaning as I squeezed. “It was a nice dream.”Angela nodded her head. “But so many people would have died to see it realized. We'd have to fight the entire world. All the mages, the three. All that was wrapped in one hot little package. Is she something or what? We spent that first summer together in Ottawa. Janet Vaucresson got her bachelor’s degree in Criminology from the University of Ottawa that same year and moved to America. I convinced her to move to Boston with me and she began working as a police officer. Three decades, two sons and two daughters later, we’re living happily in a townhouse on the Back Bay. We have a wonderful family. Our eldest son Joseph recently. I undressed and put mine on while Adriana was in the shower. After she had showered, dried and dried her hair (why would she worry about drying hair when she’s just about to get it wet again?) I started to give her her new suit when I had a better idea, a much better idea, I thought.I asked her to close her eyes and keep them closed until I said okay to open them. I wanted to tie something over her eyes so she wouldn’t cheat, but couldn’t think what it might be, so decided I had to trust her..