He craved her. He needed her and was going to have her one last time. Consequences be damned. Rolling his weight, Tony forced Amanda onto her back an... covered her lithe body with the bulk of his. It was immediately apparent the damage his absence had caused. His beautiful bride's once full curves had vanished. Replaced by protruding bones. He had done this. Caused her to suffer. His heart recoiled. He stifled his pain, it would wait. Kissing the tears on Amanda's cheeks, he whispered softly. . I dragged my butt home at the end of the day feeling I had accomplished little. Halfway home I realized my mouth and lips had been in a frozen position of distaste and irritation for at least a minute. I sighed and looked forward to an evening of nothing when I got home. When I got home someone else was waiting just inside the door. Dan. I couldn’t believe it. Dan drove two hundred miles to see me. I jumped into his arms and kissed him passionately. We hugged and touched and held each other,. It would be just like her to be mixed up in something like this."Tarras considered. Frenon ate his meal in silence, his eyes flicking back and forth between the two high-born men. "That is a bit of a stretch," Tarras said. "I would even go so far to say that assuming the man is Gedric is a stretch as well." Nevertheless, Uridon thinks it bears watching," said Rennis. "He's paying some other clans to keep an eye on the situation. I trust his judgment in this matter."Tarras frowned. "Has he not. He was probably trying to get me to damn my soul, not that I had ever considered that it was possible to be truly damned before this.Time flew by while my thoughts spun in circles until I heard a key in the front door. Besides me, Mrs. and Mr. Jackson as well as Mandy had keys to the house but I figured it was Mandy coming in as her parents were infrequent visitors. It was Amanda and she looked quite concerned as she joined me on the couch. Once again, she brought with her the smell of rich.