Tomas opened the box, and Janet took out the medallion and slipped it over his head. Celia took the diadem and put it on his head. Janet then took the...ring and slipped it on his middle finger, and Tomas shivered at her touch and again when the entity sent him waves of pleasure.Celia took the baton styled wand and placed it at his side and said seductively, “I’ll show you how to make your baton extend and retract later.”They all ended up cackling with laughter.Mark sent Alina a message.He. Mark and I organized exploration parties from the more responsible people and put the rest to work carefully removing the seats from the tourist carts. We needed to unload the semis first, because that was where our food was stored. After we had done that, we could bring in the rest of the stuff. Initially, we just left the items from the trucks on the carts until we could decide where it should go. That depended on what we heard from the exploration parties.The first of the exploration parties. Maybe I could if you really didn't want this. But I know you do."I put my hand on her shoulder. She laid her hand over mine. There wasn't much more to say on the subject. I'd put off that conversation for a year, and nothing had changed. Monica wasn't desperate. She never called me in the middle of the night to come over to her place across town (though often I dreamed she did). She'd given me my space ever since I told her I was dating Stephanie two years ago. We saw each other on those. On Saturday before work, I dialed the string of numbers that my heart had memorized. I spoke to Mr. Andersson and let him know that I was grateful for their offer, but felt it was better if I didn’t request to live with them. He said he understood. He also said that he would talk to Stig Olsen, the YFU national director, and arrange for me to see them when I flew into Stockholm. I thanked him and said I very much wanted to visit Birgit to say goodbye. He was confident that could be arranged. He.