"I looked at him, "I was not speaking to you."He reddened as I looked at William and he nodded, "yes."I touched the rough draft, "basically they use t...e energy expended in the case..."The younger mage snorted, "of course that is..."I looked at him hard, "are you slow or just rude?"William chuckled, "go on."I grinned, "remember when you were making solid mage metal barrels? What if you did the spell..."The young mage butting in once more, "that would take several mages and more power than it. He ogled her wide shapely bottom andmade a sad mewling sound of desire unfulfilled, a sound Tanisha fullyexpected to hear on a daily basis. And speaking of days, she turned togive him a piece of news."I'm sure we'll have lots more fun together, Candy. But remember thatthere'll have to be plenty of punishments mixed in. Some of the time I'mgoing to have to be very mean to you. Still, everything will work outin the end. Plus, there's no rush. Your wife signed you up for the fullcourse. . . I very much appreciate your letting me stay until Tom is better. It's very kind of you," Miranda offered.The wife motioned toward the door and they left quietly, Elijah returning his stare into space."This way, Mrs. Willis," said the young wife, moving to the stairs."Please, call me Miranda." All right, Miranda, if you'll call me Ellen," she answered, smiling shyly.At the head off the stairs was a small bedroom. Ellen Graves opened the door and they entered."I'm sorry it isn't larger. It's. I smiled at her until she turned away, then took a sip of my coffee. It was hot, black, and strong, just the way I like it. That's one thing I didn't miss about the Corps--the coffee sucked.When she returned with my pie, I pasted on my best charming smile and she actually blushed. I chuckled to myself. This was going to be easy."I warmed it up for you in the microwave," she said. "And I gave you an extra big piece." Thanks," I said. "I don't know if I ever introduced myself." I held out my hand.