Whatever you do, don't leave the house.”There was no way of knowing if he understood, but he seemed to nod. It would have to do. She didn't bother l...cking the door as she left. The streets were full of people, but they paid her no mind, glassy-eyed zombies looking toward the beach. Ronnie kept her head down and walked east, away from the ocean, toward 19th Avenue. She hoped she wasn’t too late. Mei’s door was hung half open when Ronnie got there, and the outer corridor was wet with puddled. " I accept."Esmerelda attached the pendant to his collar and spoke the words of the charm. Savren shuddered as he felt a wave of magick flash over him."Gather your robes and your staff. We must be off." Where to Master?" Your home. The others will be gathering shortly in the Hall of the Dragonriders."She led him to the Great Hall of the Black Tower where there was assembling a force of Mages to go through the Portal at the far end of the Hall to the Aerie. The Portal Network reached across the. “Come along,” she said crisply, pulling him along behind her, “let’s look at your work.”Allison wasn’t confident of finding fault with anything Lionel had done. He’d proven to be both attentive and effective when it came to domestic tasks. In fact he was far more assiduous than Allison, who wasn’t the most house-proud of women. Even so she was determined that Lionel should feel that she was in charge and that what he did was subject to her approval and sanction.On this occasion she need not. Formed his right hand into an imitation gun and silently approached. Sticking the finger into her back he said "Don't Move!"She froze, and did not try to run. She had no idea what her master looked or sounded like as she was the only one to supply a photograph previously. He then told her "You are Tammy? Right" Yes master" she replied."Then Turn slowly round!" he commanded. As she turned and saw his finger, she burst out laughing. He scanned her dress, the Blouse was adequately transparent but.