“I’m sorry about what I did to you last time, Hamida. We were alone, it was a cold night, and at your age even after bearing four kids, you’re s...ill beautiful beyond any of my imaginations. I can only imagine how beautiful you looked like when Arav met you.”Hamida didn’t know what to say, but she kept listening.“Also, I know this, Hamida,” her brother-in-law said as he stood up and walked towards her. “You have needs. We have needs,” he said as he placed his right palm firmly on her left. "That boy is going to hurt himself one day doing that." What did he do, Wynne?" Aedan asked."He has one of the deepest mana pools I've ever seen, and a very powerful spirit. He is, easily, the most talented healer outside of the Tevinter Imperium, and maybe even within it. But he thinks he will never run out of mana, never go too far. He's reckless. It should have taken twice as much Lyrium, at least, for what we just did, if we'd had anyone other than him leading that. He made up the. We showed him to his room and then we headed downstairs. We relaxed on the porch and had beers. Jodi cuddled up next to Phillip on the swinging bench and I enjoyed a rocking type chair. We chatted for a while as the sun slowly headed down. Just at sunset an SUV came up the drive. When it pulled to a stop Bob got out. He laughed and said "If not for GPS I'd have never found this place. Sorry for being so late." We greeted him happily and introductions were made and I handed him a beer. We. D.’s younger brother. She was unsure how to respond to this realization. “What did you come here for?” she asked evenly. “There’s half a million stashed in the wall safe. I wanted what he owes me.” “Why the gun? Did you plan to kill him?” “I was going to do what I had to do. I didn’t bargain on you.” “Neither did he,” she said with a grin. He smiled back and lowered a kiss to her bruised lips. His tongue gently invaded her mouth and tangled with hers as she eagerly responded to his kiss. She.