“I’m sorry, I’ll have to go, there’s an orchestra waiting for me.” You walked away, almost dancing, made one-and-a–half turn, rushed back,...put something in my hand and closed my fingers around it. “A little something for you, it was gathering dust in my cupboard for the last twenty-five years or so,” and you danced away… In my hand a mood-ring decorated with dolphins. Slowly it turned green. Deep-purple The next week I was out of sorts. I was cooking and the food burned. Stupid mistakes at the. She hesitated but knew she must obey his order. She walked over and bent to pick up the bag then he stopped her just as quickly as he had asked for the bag. She sighed slightly, thinking this was just a test but then he explained how when she bent over he wanted her ass turned toward him. She shuddered at the thought but moved to where he would have a clear view. Taking a deep breath, she bent to get the bag. She moved slowly across the floor, embarassed that she was about to hand over all her. Ivory was fully aware that her mother could never survive such a mauling. Even the shaman’s considerable medical skills were no match for the savagery of a lion’s teeth and claws. The sudden loss would be especially distressing now that Ivory was her mother’s only surviving child. There had been other brothers and sisters, but they were now all dead and most not even surviving childbirth. Ivory’s father was also dead. He’d been gored to death by an aurochs during a disastrous hunting expedition. The fan spun lazily, panic set in and Vin fired at the fan, bright sparks flew as the turbines failed and Vin slammed so hard into the fan that the housing gave way and they both tumbled in disarray. The sudden stop at the bottom causing Vin to black out.Giving herself a mental shake Aliya gathered her things to have a shower in the communal. She was going to do some more maintenance on Wysp, but she could wait until Vin returned and it would be much easier. Not to mention the fact that she.