All I’ve managed to do so far is adjust the aging process, so I go through a single life cycle instead of two, but I spend my days as an old woman. ...hat potion Grond was supposed to deliver would have been my 20th or so try.”Noah felt his heart skip a beat as he looked at the expansive collection of books and scrolls. Twenty attempts to undo her curse, all failed, but perhaps they might be able to undo his. At the moment, his knowledge of magic was in its infancy, so he probably couldn’t even. Luke this is my daughter Kat.” She hugged my arm to her body and I could tell instantly that she was sans bra.I put my hand out to shake and she gave me a firm handshake. I suggested, “Your cellphone, please.”“Huh?” Kat said. A horrified look came over her face.I chuckled, “Your mother told us that if you ever came here all you’d do is stare at your cellphone all weekend when you came. There are other things to do here, people to meet, and I’d like you to sample all of them this weekend, so no. "I'm sorry, but there's no reason to sugarcoat this." Eat one of them?" asked a horrified Cassandra.The three women nodded."There's something in their body that eases the pregnancy. We've triedto analyze it, and reproduce it, but so far we've been unsuccessful.When the urge hits you there's nothing you can do...it's a verypowerful sensation," said Zoe. "When it comes on, Xavier will be withyou and will protect you." Is this why the Skraelings hate us?" asked Cassandra."Who knows...we've been. Humans were slumped in them, men and women both. They were naked, their knees bent, their heads and hands shoved through the stocks. Their eyes were open but focused on nothing. They breathed slowly but made no other sound. Their souls were far away, imbuing statues of soldiers for this horrid Prince Meinard.“Gods, this is monstrous,” Sven said, shaking his head as we moved closer and closer to the center.“I can’t believe Duke Gallchobhar would do this,” I said, a fury rising. “I didn’t even.