Kal’s entire body stiffened with fear. “Be calm Kal,” she whispered stroking his head and back, “I didn’t do anything bad to you, I was just...so excited that I forgot you have no experience with magic. Relax and I’ll tell you about your new gift.”Over the next few minutes, Kal slowly relaxed in Ikuno’s arms until with a shuddering sigh he slumped into her chest. “I think I’m okay now,” he said.“You continue to surprise me, farmer boy,” she said with a smile. “I didn’t think you would recover. Erin was the same. It was good to know, but Vikkor was looking for a more profound influence, and there was no way any of them could say they were truly moved by me or my ... powers. Vikkor had called on me to find out who I was, why I was there, and to test my abilities with the program. Well, that last challenge was not even going to be met. "What I am not going to claim is that I am their true master, because I'm not. I told you that when we first arrived and you dismissed it with a laugh.. I just went over the money that you are giving me every month. I’m going to have to give up tennis lessons and the gym! You selfish son of a bitch. How dare you do that to me?”The question struck Jerry funny and his rage was forced to retreat as he burst out laughing. He dropped the phone as he fell back into his seat as tears came to his eyes. Every time that he almost had himself under control, he would hear his wife scream, “How dare you laugh at me? Fucking Gorilla.”When he finally got. Plausible deniability we called it in the military. We would meet innocently enough in the Barnes and Noble (I had told her I was travelling on business, and where, and she agreed to “possibly” meet me there) and if she felt right about it, we could have coffee and talk. And so there she sat on this fall Saturday, one of the most sensual, alluring women I had ever seen. Just a shade over five feet tall, she had a shape that made men’s mouths go dry and their hearts pound. She smiled at me, then.