Unfortunatley i spent too much time drinking in the sun at the party and eventually it took it's toll, i was wasted and needed to crash. I saunetered...upstairs to the bedroom and crashed out on the guest bed whilst the party was still happening downstairs. I have no idea of how much time had past when the noise of 2 girls whispering and giggling outside the door stirred me, then silence fell and i drifted back into my drunken slumber.Again i stirred this time to something quite different. . She said she had never met anyone quite like Alex before but they hadmade an immediate connection. They had begun a relationship almostimmediately and the rest had just seemed to fall into place. She admittedshe had guessed Alex was transgender. "I fell in love with her, James. What her body looked like was of littleconsequence."I shared with her my memories of "old" Alex at university in England andhow I had never suspected that he felt as he had for me. It was stillstrange to me to think. At the far side of the room she saw the creepy Patric, for once he did not stare at her with half hidden malice in his eye. Today he seemed worried about something.One of the free seats was next to a new girl named Carol and Linda decided to take it. She sat down and waited for the lesson to start."How are you doing?" Carol asked. "You don't look very well." It is just a headache," Linda responded, a smile passing over her lips."Just let me know if I can be of assistance," Carol said."I. In those precious minutes, Yavara only mused blissfully upon the night that led her to this moment. Then, her hand mirror lit up, showing the sigil of Lucas Ternias. She smiled excitedly, and touched the glass. Chapter Forty-Seven LEVERIA I awoke in silk sheets. My body was clean and healed, my hair soft and fine, no pain between my legs. For a blissful moment, I thought it had all been a nightmare. Then I felt the shackles around my wrists, and saw Lucas Ternias at the foot of my bed. “Feeling.