”“Count on it, love,” Althea joined the group hug.“Whatever you want,” Liz said. “Want me to paint the bride?”“I hope you mean on a ca...vas,” I laughed. “Don’t want her to walk up the aisle looking like Mystique.”“She’ll be my masterpiece,” Liz said in total seriousness.Althea’s cab arrived shortly thereafter and I put the ambitious Brit in the back with one last kiss. But as soon as she was out of sight, I hurried back inside because I knew that some signs had been passed between Liz and Anita. Oh -"It had been such a long time since she'd had any sort of human contact that she couldn't avoid enjoying this brief surge of pleasure, but the wrongness of the act quickly caught up, and she threw her hand widely in an attempt to stop it. The beast was stronger, and it did not like her violent reaction, toppling her off the edge.Livia fell, faster and faster, before water caught her fall."Cold! This is so co-"Livia woke up, drenched in water that Blame had thrown in her direction."Bastard,. The tech checked to make sure all was in order and nodded to the other. A few touches to a small keypad, and the woman inhaled deeply. Her eyelids fluttered open. A gentle smile bloomed on her face. She looked around slowly."How do you feel, Ma'am?" the tech said.She looked at him lovingly. "I'm fine, thank you." Her voice was soft and whispery, and she had a soft English accent."Okay. She seems fine." The techs collected up their things and headed for the door."What happens now?" Tim. ‘Yeah she’s great’ ‘Must be attracted by the brawn of the family not the brains’ Eric responded, once again goading his brother. ‘Funny’ Jake answered, a firmness to his voice. As they had grown up Eric had always played on his greater intelligence, the fact that he went to University where as Jake had lasted only a term at college. This had always grated on Jake but as he watched his brother swing the axe down onto the wood, semi-splintering it as he did so, he questioned how much happier.