It was so nice to have him there in my arms that I too fell asleep. I woke up at about ten and couldn’t help myself, I kissed Caleb’s head and ra... my fingers through his hair. He woke up when I did that and looked up into my eyes. I felt like this could be a special moment for him so I leaned down and gently kissed his lips. I knew I would probably have to teach him the process so I pushed my tongue through his lips and played with his tongue. Our tongues intertwined a gently wrestled each. “Thank you for coming, Sal. I wasn’t sure you would! I was afraid you wouldn’t give me another chance.” “I love you, Lola.” She could not say those words to him. Not yet. Conversation on the walk back to the inn fluctuated between animated and flirtatious, to a comfortable silence of watching the other’s face as they enjoyed the seduction of the city. “I need a shower!” She was peeling the layers of cloth from her body as she spoke. He had already begun to check his messages. She shook her head. She cried out and he did it again and again until she was writhing, desperate for the release that seemed so near. His tongue dipped into as his hands gripped her hips hard to keep her from moving. Cass came with a sudden intensity that was so startling that she could barely do anything but scream and clutch at the bedspread. Her eyes drifted closed as he used his mouth to bring her down slowly from the mind numbing climax. When her breathing returned to normal, Randon crawled off the bed and. I ripped open a portal to the Astral Realm and summoned the salamanders.The others gasped behind me as they stared at the rip in the fabric of our reality, the realm of the Gods beyond. Fire poured through. Great tongues of red and orange danced through the rift. The air wavered and danced above. The polished stone around the altar grew a dull red as the heat poured out.But it didn’t come past the circle.“What is that?” Sophia gasped behind me.Out of the rip came the salamanders. They were.