.Hell, I might have opened a real can of worms playing with Liz since she looks worse than ever now. I back down, “Liz you’re right - you could ta...e me any day of the week. How about we head inside, take a shower and then rest until dinner time.”I figure Liz is going to complain but she surprises me when she says, “Bernie, that sounds great to me, but I don’t want the shower too hot tonight.”We hold hands, head inside and I worry about Liz...Present – Ben – Solving the problemYeah I knew I was. "It took sometime to track you Anthony. You have become very good at hiding your trail. I'm honestly impressed." Katrina said smiling with approval."What is your purpose here Katrina? I thought I was just a passing fancy." Anthony said. To a human the sounds he emitted while in wolf form would have meant nothing, but to a werewolf it was clear as day. "I have come for you Anthony not your charge. Perhaps while we talk at a more private location most of my people here could watch after the. Mara was just out recruiting new sorceresses and she thought that Lindawould have made a great candidate. They knew about Linda's drive anddetermination and his ex-girlfriend would had excelled in learning how toweave magic.Mara needed to know if Linda could emotionally handle that kind of powerbefore she was given access to it. The training might have been long, butpeople who are driven can hide their true intentions if it helps them getwhat they want. The opportunity to obtain magical power. She thought for a minute before she spoke but I could see that it was really bothering her that he WAS gone most of the time. Then she said, “Yeah! I think I’ve noticed that, too!”After that day, along with a joke, I would always give her a compliment about something or just mention that if I had a wife like her, I sure wouldn’t be spending most of my time with my buddies. I got her to smile at that. After that, our conversations started getting longer and longer. Sometimes we would stand there.