She was more lying on her back, and Jack was on his side, his chest pressed to her side, and one arm draped over her stomach. Hers was hooked undernea...h his neck and was stroking his back. The whole night made him feel like a mix between a woman’s boy toy — no problem with that — and a wounded animal, being nursed back to health by the lovely nurse who found him.“Been thinking about my family lately,” he said.“Yes, I can imagine. You are newly embraced, after all.”“Yeah, I guess. Little things. Rosy, meet my sister, Natalie,” he introduces, glancing between me and his girlfriend. “Hi, Rosa,” I say politely, being respectful. She looks at me and rolls his eyes. Fine, I don’t give a shit about what you think, I exasperate in my mind. I really don’t. If it were up to me, I would kick all of Ty’s girlfriends in their slutty ass and set him up with Miley Rowen, the only good girl I know at my school. She reminds me so much of Ty and she’s so kind and funny with everyone. I think she’s. It’s the only problem the Council of Magi is concerned with.” I went to my nightstand and pulled out my wallet and keys and put them in my pockets.“They don’t worry about mundane laws? My laws?”“Well, in that case, the Magus in question is usually hunted down, has their powers removed, and then handed over to the normal authorities so ‘mundane laws’ as Lawson called them can prosecute and punish.”“Wait, what if the person being pursued by us is innocent? They still remove their powers? I. ” She lay back in her chair and put her arms out to the side to indicate complete submission.Dave sat back in his chair, slightly stunned. He could tell she was serious. He said, “Let me think about this for a few minutes.”“While you do, I have some questions. Oh, where should I start. First off, is the Circle as genuine as they show on television?”“Yes, but the TV show underplays certain aspects of what goes on so it can be dumbed down for public consumption.”“You mean like the sex between.