I could affect them with my music. Instead of giving us courage and steadfast hearts like I did in Hargone, I could inflict fear or confusion upon the....”“Your music is still magic, Chaun,” I said. “A very subtle and special magic, but your songs wouldn’t be any more effective than my magic or Xandra’s elementals.”“No, their warding was powerful,” Xandra said.“A full ritual,” sighed Sophia. “Six priestesses working in concert. It would fail, eventually. But how much magic would you have to pour. Wayne smiled up at her almost brazenly, and wiped his perspiring forehead with the sleeve of his shirt. "That sure was the wildest sex movie I've ever seen." It... its purpose was educational, Wayne," Joan replied as primly as she could, trying to muster her control to hide her inner turmoil. "It... wasn't meant to be anything more than that." Aw, I didn't mean it was dirty or anything like that," Wayne said, scuffing the toe of one shoe with embarrassment. "I kinda figure it's all how you look. Since I wasn’t going to summer school, and no longer hanging around the Union Building, I wasn’t seeing her except for an occasional movie or dinner date on Monday or Tuesday night. Even then she would plead tiredness on those nights and have me bring her back by ten o’clock. Eventually, even the Monday’s and Tuesday’s stopped and I suddenly realized I hadn’t seen her in over two weeks. I was devastated and depressed and had no idea what had gone wrong or what I should do. So I did nothing. . “And I’m Officer Robert Turner,” offered the tall, muscular blonde taking the doctor’s hand next.“Sorry to call you out so late, but hospital protocol dictates that we call the Police when we suspect a woman is the victim of sexual assault, and in this woman’s case also forcible confinement.”“We’ll investigate and let you know. What can you tell us Doc?” She inquired.“Her name is Karen Hayward. Her husband and girlfriend, she calls the other woman, their wife, brought the victim here instead of.