"I laughed. "Well, I'm slow on the uptake. It took me until the first time I made you laugh." That long ago? Why didn't you say something?" Why didn't...YOU say something?"We looked at each other. And cracked up laughing. "We're quite a pair, aren't we?" I said."Yup. See-we even get terrified together, without even knowing it."I took a deep breath. "I love you, Alexandra." I love you, too, Christopher."That was all that needed to be said. From that moment on, we were A Couple. It was. ’ It was Rita’s voice that brought him back from daydreaming of the past two years. He turned in the direction of her voice and saw a stunning woman sit down on a stool across the counter from where Rita stood. She was tall, with a good figure, shorter blonde hair with soft curls, and stylishly dressed in blue jeans, heels and a short expensive looking pink brocade jacket. He could just barely smell her expensive perfume. What ever it was suited her. ‘My goodness, it’s been a long time, you’re. Should they be lucky enough to reach the Peak of the Martial Mortal realm and should Nature look upon them favorably, perhaps will have one to ten percent chance for Evolutionary Ascension. Lastly, five bottlenecks of insight Peak Martial Mortals, they are the cream of the crop among mortal cultivators, titled as ‘Ascended Elite’, they possess between ten to fifty percent chance for Evolutionary Ascension.‘That being said, potential heir, don’t miscalculate and think that all Evolutionary. Which is what has Sean and Craig agitated.”“To wit?”“I noticed a discrepancy between an entry in the list of Native Title applications and the list of the NNTT. It apparently indicates that the malfeasance occurred at the data entry level. As though a bank teller ‘neglected’ to credit an account. Or, more likely, credited a different beneficiary.”“Interesting.”“Yes. And Sean appears to believe that forensic analysis on the part of the AG’s office will uncover the culprit or culprits.”“And you.