It had been a bone of contention between the two families for almost two hundred years. It did not help that the current Duke Taft was the son of the ...ery first Duke Taft. Damned magic users, and their long lives!The only thing keeping Duke Taft from attacking King Frontek was the Taft's sense of honor. While King Frontek was not personally afraid of Taft; he knew that politically, Duke Taft had strong supporters.A little over two hundred years ago, the then Duke Taft had responded to old King. Yes, Jodie and Linda change seats, and kiss your new seat mate in as sexy a way as you can considering we’re in a public restaurant and don’t want to get arrested.”The two women switched sides of the table. As Jodie sat, she put her arm around Dean and pulled him to her and they started a long, sensuous kiss that morphed into a serious French kiss with their tongues visibly dancing in the air between their faces. Linda and I watched with smiles. Linda and I then started our own kiss. I even. "Oh my God! Girly girl or what?!" Shut up! I'm not enjoying this, you know?" Suuuuure." She nudged me with her elbow. "Oh my God, look at your bowand everything. And are you wearing makeup?! So precious!"I frowned at her. "Seriously. I tried to throw on some jeans and a t-shirt but suddenly, I was wearing this. And before I knew it, I wasputting makeup on. It was like in the cinema. I was on automatic." Umhmm. Very likely story. Are you sure you didn't want to be turnedinto a girl?"I tutted as. But when he did ... look out. I suppose it was the Viking in him. It had taken him a long time to get the berserker under a semblance of control but I knew ... that ... just under the surface ... lurked...“UNDERSTAND?”“Yes, Sir.”“Good ... see that you remember that.”“Yes, Sir.”That was then ... this is now.“It’s not an idle threat, young man. Your dad was the only person who could control my temper...” I gave him the evil mom look. “And he’s not here to stop me. You’re on notice.“Rule change..