I nodded, in fact, I would need to get ready. She went into her room and came back with a clean white towel and handed it to me. She asked me to follo... her to the backyard, and again, excusing herself for the humble facilities, showed me nails along the backyard wall where I could hang my towel, and hung the hose on another at what would be showerhead height. She then excused herself, and went back in the house, closing the backyard door behind her to give me privacy. I took off my pants,. I sketched.------------------------A gentle rapping knuckle on the door brought us sharply back to reality. Naomi jumped off the bed, alarmed, shocked, fearful. She quickly put the cello back in the corner, shouting “Just a minute!” She rushed me and tugged her clothes from the stool under me as she pecked me quickly on my startled lips before wiping the lipstick from them with a cotton pad she plucked from the desk behind me. “Quick!” she whispered urgently, deftly folding my sketchpad as she. Moira had gotten a guitar from somewhere and was playing a Celtic tune very quietly and beautifully. I lay there listening for a while before falling asleep again.When I awoke once more, the first light of morning was coming in through the curtains. I felt warm and comfortable, and snuggled back into ... into Moira's arms? I turned, and sure enough, I found Moira nestled behind me, her arm around my middle. She was deeply asleep. She was also, like, completely naked, except for her panties.I. I had been appointed this role.I had stopped her kind before but I was no match for her. Right then Iknew terror.The Queen of the Shadows had to come through the gate as previouslythere had been a wall round the town where the fences now stood.Though the wall had long since vanished there was an old magic whichstill remained and was the only power that resisted the strongest of theancients like her. She must still respect the old boundaries."Now present yourself to me," she commanded. It was.