Said we should go see it. Want to go this afternoon? I haven't anything going; I just told Tom to meet me for supper at the Union." That's what I was ...oping. I'm going to change first, though." Into what? Should I, too? Is this formal?" No, I just feel like wearing something pretty. Oh, and Alex asked me about dinner, too. Why don't we eat together?"Anne was down to her panties in the bedroom. I followed in and sat down to take my boots off. Anne pulled out a long, blue, cotton dress with a. It's not you.It's her." In a mocking tone, she said, "Oh, don't worry. Stef will doit. Stef will take care of everything? Jay leaves? Stef will help outwith Amber. Like that worked. Amber gets arrested? Stef will drive toKennywood. Amber gets knocked up and wants to run away? Stef will takecare of the baby. Stef cleans up everything. Stef's the good one. Well,fuck that. It's not happening. Not this time. No."Esme debated moving closer but didn't. "I, uh, didn't know."Stef laughed, "Why. I had the windows open on both sides of the room, and the large fan above my head was distributing the air as best it could, but it was still stifling. The room was quite attractive if you ignored the temperature. I had a random pile of small cushions to rest my head on, and the bed linen matched the flowers in the large vase on the table.As I lay there in the quiet, I was thinking about Lisa and her lover. Not that I brought them to mind deliberately, but my mind was wandering, and bumped into. “We are, technically, Prince Theodore and Princess Katriana of the House of Esche, rightful heirs to the throne of a city-state known as Chalcia, which is about two hundred leagues to the west of here,” Katriana explained, “The use of arcane magic is severely sanctioned, but in spite of that, every king of Chalcia for sixteen generations was secretly a wizard, using their powers to aid the country and protect themselves in secret. Our father happened to be caught by a political rival, who then.