The ground immediately sloped downward and ever deeper into the earth and into velvet darkness. The ceiling stayed mostly level as the floor descended...deeper until Logan could stand straight with no fear of striking his head against stone. A sharp turn in the tunnel brought him up short.“Oh, wow,” Logan muttered.A shaft of light shattered the absolute black through a tear in the ceiling, revealing a large cavern. Stalagmites and stalactites formed random columns where they met and stone teeth. Jason closed his fist around Emma’s Ring - if he could even call it that. He had thought it had been something he had done - because he had tried to rush things with claiming her as his - that had caused so great a difference in what had happened. Looking down at his mother, aunt, and teacher it was clear that that wasn’t the case.The fact that all three women were waiting for him in the same vague and trance-like state that Emma had been in spoke to a common factor. Jason didn’t understand the. She looked forty years old, maybe a bit older, lightly tanned skin, and a long black ponytail. And just like her pack, she was dressed in some simple street clothes.But Jack took a small step back at the sight of her. Just a reflex, just a little thing he couldn’t control, but the beast in his gut forced it, made him want to run and hide. A mouse before the barking, frenzied dog. The small woman looked perfectly nice though. This was the beast from the fifties who’d caused so much trouble?“ .... I smacked his butt playfully and asked him to turn over.Toby rolled onto his back and I returned to massaging his shoulders.I asked, “How are you feeling, honey?”“Good. Great. Your hands are so nice.”I smiled and leaned in to kiss him lightly on the lips. His head came up an inch and I pressed mine down, my tongue creeping out between my lips and into his mouth. My boobs pressed against my robe, against his chest. Our tongues touched and my mouth opened, but Toby’s didn’t and I sat.