". Husband and wife exchangedglances. She was curious. He was incredibly determined. She deferred."Greg." Paul's voice cracked across the room. Greg g...t off the bed andstood next to it; his breathing was rapid and shallow. "Greg, Kim's toldme an incredible story. It's all about betrayal." Claire's eyes widened;Paul's face was super-grim."Greg, you and I went backpacking a month ago. What happened the secondnight, when we tented at Sawyer Pond?" Silence.Paul pursed his lips. He turned to Kim. He. Being trained by the traveling mage he saw, he fought hard for his position as one of the strongest mages ever. His story, without question, is one of dedication as he works towards his goal of becoming the strongest wizard of all.Kate 'Firestorm', the Goddess of Fire. A lowly thief running to and fro in the village to survive, little Kate had no idea that the book she had stolen was a spellbook of a great wizard. A tale of a genius in the world of magic, hers spins around her life in the slums. "I think I better stay in the car." Stay in the car if you want," Scooter said. "We don't mind. We'll preserve your honor. Every time the story comes up around a campfire, and that'll be every trip, we'll make sure to mention you chickened out." Scooter, you wouldn't..." she stopped for a second, and sighed. "Yeah, I guess you would. Christ, I hope my folks don't find out." Michelle Rawson, Wild Woman of the Grand Canyon," Scooter shook her head. "Do you know how many stories about you are. But even with a more rationale mind, the intense arousal that continued to bubble away under the surface had proved her undoing. Just washing herself had felt surreally erotic and she’d wondered if the guards would approve as she’d shampooed her long blonde hair and then fixed it high onto the top of her head. Thoughts of overpowering them had immediately dissolved into a confused, shameless, state of thinking when she’d emerged naked from the room and seen the lustful way the two guards.