‘Been well, I got myself working in Florida…’ ‘Why are you so far away?’ Mrs. Dyson exclaimed ‘I don’t know, just worked out that way…...�� There was silence for the next few seconds ‘Well I don’t want to be rude but I need to get going’ ‘Of course, it’s nice talking to you son.’ Mr. Dyson uttered before Mrs. Dyson could object. ‘You too sir.’ Putting his bags in the truck he saw Kenai driving past. Her black hair was flinging every which way in the green Jeep. He’d been trying to remember her from. Now, they were dead or captured by the Invaders.Clerigh's thoughts returned to the here and now. There were no maidens, none at all, for him to honor Aine with. There were no pipers and drummers, no cheering crowd. There was nothing except an empty grove, a smoldering land and a shattered people. Clearly the People had lost the favor of the gods.He knelt down before the statue of Aine, closed his eyes and began to pray. He chanted the familiar invocation, asking for the blessing of Aine, just. Second, no sex with anyone under the age of consent. Third, no sex with employees or customers of NIKA, anyone who works at a hospital where Jessica works, a university where Kara teaches, or students at the dojo. There isn’t much flexibility in those rules, either.“As a bit of background, I began developing those rules when I was a teenager and, in a fit of pique, told my closest male friend’s girlfriend I’d screw her into the next century. He ended up bouncing me off the hood of his car. It. “What’s wrong”, I asked. “I think Barry is fucking someone in Manchester”. She went on to explain that on her last visit to see him for the weekend, she had found a packet of condoms in a draw, and he didn’t want to have sex with her when she arrived on the Friday night. “He’s stupid, if it was me I’d want to rip your clothes off as soon as we got through the front door”. She turned and kissed me, not on the cheek this time but on the lips, a slow sexy kiss. What do I do now I wondered. “Come.