Jo was catching as much of her partner as she could without being too obvious. Was it possible Yvette was going to go for it? The thought of a naked Y...ette was raising the temperature.The umpire's whistle went.Yvette released her top and sprang forward.Jo exhaled. It was a good thing she was soaking her shorts in the bowl. They would be getting soaked anyway.Jo dressed and followed her partner out.The second set started pretty even. Yvette was clearly not concentrating, although Jo felt. But without a readily visible path over the mountain, the only easily available entrance would be by way of the cave I’d just come through. Half an hour later, my pack retrieved, I began to pick my way down the scree and boulder slope to the valley below. I’m not sure when exactly I realized that the silver of the water below wasn’t all water. Something about the reflections or the rocks seemed wrong, but I couldn’t quite place what. Stopping on a boulder, I pulled my small binoculars from my. You might also remember you put it there. What am I, a toy to argue over?"For the first time, Reinie slowed her action on me as she sensed a closer relationship than just sexual between me and Sandra. She put an arm around Sandra and hugged us both, saying, "I'm sorry too. I apologize to both of you. This morning, when I saw you both mashed together, I was as jealous as hell, and figured what was good for the goose, was good for the gander. You don't mind, do you Sandra? I'm only here for the. ”James was slightly stunned by the old man’s somewhat vicious statement.“Oi? Old man, isn’t that girl your apprentice? Why are you so happy she lost?”“Heh. That’s obvious, isn’t it? How is she going to get stronger if she doesn’t have a direction? Now, she’s met someone near her own age and at a power level that she can’t overcome. She’ll have to forge ahead and become even more powerful so she can defeat you. Adversity breeds strength.”James turned back to look at the quietly sleeping Sword.