“She was allowed more of a presence in me by the bond I forged with you and Janet. When I changed into her that first time, she was mostly in contro... and she decided it was safer if she stayed in control.”“Wait a minute,” I demanded. “So, you are telling me your wolf half decided to prevent you from changing back on purpose? Without you being aware, or having a say?”Lillian nodded, “She exists somewhere within my subconscious. This is really the first time I have been able to converse with. They slithered down the rocks and acrossthe mud without a speck of it marring theirpristine furs, then vanished into the dark water.There was no doubt at all the creatures wereMorgana and Ymir in yet other transformations.For about a second Hal was completely puzzled,before he remembered what Ymir had done toMorgana in Josephine’s drinking trough. Could itbe . . . Maid Kendra Hundt, seventeen or so, betrothed toa knight from Lyonesse, wide open blue eyes, amass of blonde curls on her. "Jenn approves, and she's mostly normal, you know, so I didn't expect Chester the Molester. You look normal. So Kim..." Swept together in the tides of time," I said.Her eyebrow raised. "Oh, they told me you were literate." Vocabulary. Opposable thumbs, the whole schmeer, " I tossed back."You ought to come to our open house next month. They used to call it the Christmas pageant, but the administration's getting kind of politically correct. With a little pre-warning, I'm sure you'd be a minor. If she can accept me, I am ready to accept her."Macro lifted Anais' chin with his finger."Anais, should I speak to your father when we return?"Anais looked at him. He could see hope in her eyes. "If you will have this girl, my Prince, I shall be your loyal wife, and a loyal sister to the Princess Thesia and the Princess Alana."With a squeal, Thesia hugged Anais. Alana got up from the bed to join in the hug, and then all three women pressed themselves against Macro. Thesia was the first to.