"She will be of whatever age the Master preferences, and of course, bears whatever name the Master wishes."Derek sighed as again he wished he could ge... a simple answer to a simple question."In what year do her indentures say she was born?" Master, in 2009." So she is eighteen?" As the Master pleases."From the expression of incomprehension on her face it was clear that she didn't understand a word of the conversation. The Chief Eunuch spoke sharply to her in Arabic, and Awatif took off the. ..Juliet waits.It has been 2 months she her first encounter with the creature she now calls 'my wolf'. In that time she has changed. Everyone has commented on it. She has become much more forceful. Juliet was never someone you would call a shrinking violet but the differences were stark. In the last month she has dumped her long-term boyfriend. Found a new job. Completely revamped the operation of her parent's farm and more.Her emotions were all over the place. Some days she was just giddy and. The phone rings. ‘Brb’ I type, and put the laptop carefully on the set before rising to go to the small desk. I pick up the ornate receiver and speak, trying to not to sound annoyed or impatient. ‘Hello?’ I still sound a little miffed to me. ‘Please hold for an important message…’ a tinny voice says. I narrowly avoid slamming the receiver back into its cradle, and return to the lounger and my conversation. ‘Remind me to get caller ID in this room,’ I type. ‘Who was it?’ Lee asks. ‘Don’t know.. He could guess it’s purpose.“Well, Sir Donald, that would depend on what you required, and if I had a suitable stone.”“You may have a look at these, and see if any are suitable,” Donald told him, bringing out a pouch. He tipped the pouch out onto the counter. There were several stones there, each worth a king’s ransom in their own right. There was, however, one that stood out. A diamond. It was large, but it’s true beauty was in it’s clarity. It caught every speck of light, and just seemed to.