“Yes well, you make friends with kine and expect me to adjust my business strategies because of it. No.”Business strategies made Julias smirk. She...��d said it with just enough inflection to imply the real reason: Garry had been seen destroying some of the Lancea et Sanctum’s precious artifacts, after Lucas died. Not that Julias hadn’t expect that. When your enemy dies, it was customary in many places of the world to burn everything they owned. But Garry had jumped on the opportunity to dig. “I too am a San Finzone, I am expected to attend.”The pair nodded and continued up through the passage. A few flights of stairs and some long tunnels later, they reached another set of hanging lanterns. They turned off their lanterns and hung them as Maria pulled another lever and the wall opened up into the study.“Is not usual way visitors come in, but welcome to Finzione Castle,” Maria said, closing the passage once everyone was inside. “This used to be war room in old days. La Contessa make. . but none of that was what Brian noticed.“When did... Kelly, her hair. When did it...?” There wasn’t a single strand of blonde left to be found in that shoulder-length fluffy tangle of Stephanie’s pink hair.“Oh my God,” Kelly realized, eyes widening in shock, yanking a hand out of her own jeans and absent-mindedly wiping them on the comforter. She swore, working her way out from between Stephanie and the headboard. “I, uh... fuck, I wasn’t paying attention… to that, anyways. Dye left over from. I noticed that her long hair was laying flat against her back. The shine made it clear that it was wet."I was in the shower," I replied."I finished and had time to drive over," Ashley said with a pout."Come in for a moment," I said. "I didn't get time to comb my hair and I need to put my shoes on. Then I'll be ready to go. Why did you drive over?" I thought we'd go to Paradise Faire," Ashley said."Why not Town Center? We could visit your mom and Becky at their boutique," I said.Ashley blushed..