’ Lisa opened her mouth then closed it as she stared at him. She couldn’t believe he was doing this to her. She was a professional photographer. S...e dedicated her life to taking pictures of people and things. She had taken photography in high school and fell in love with it. Now instead of being behind the camera where she belonged, she would be in front of it. The one place she never wanted to be. Lisa didn’t consider herself very photogenic. She wasn’t ugly by any sense of the word, she wore. This past Halloween we were invited to our first costume party since we had kids. It was to be held at a friend of Steve’s from work. Since the party was at Steve’s friend’s house we agreed that I would drink and he would be the designated driver. My husband convinced me that all of the women were wearing tramps costumes now a days and that I should wear one as well. I chose a prison guard outfit that consisted of a very short one piece dress that barely covered my ass and a few props,. "No, I wish," I joked."Would you like to?" You're kidding, right? Maybe you want to get one of these girls, you know, maybe pay them to take their clothes off for me. That might work."We often joked around together and that was the mode I was in at the time."Well, I could take my clothes off, Ben."She said it just like that, just very matter-of-factly, like it was an everyday offer."You mean, like..." Well, I just didn't know how to finish the sentence."Like take my clothes off so you could see. They struck at us directly, murdered many and they must pay.”“Yet to kill them in cold blood...” Mage Fen began.“Seventy one Mages, including three Seers,” Morgana interjected. “Is that not hot-blooded enough a reason?”“You’ve taken down enough of them yourself recently, Mage Morgana,” Fen replied, her voice bristling with disdain.“A lot have been rehabilitated, the majority in fact. Those that are left will be examined by Interrogation and decisions made. However in the heat of the moment, I.