I tried on some five-inchheels, but they were too extreme for me. By five on thedot, I was in his office, teetering on my new stilettosand well aware ...hat my strapless dress bared a lot ofchest. I had been tempted to get one with a zipper inthe front.“Lift your skirt,” he said and then smiled. “Yes, verynice indeed. I’m looking forward to your internship,and if you do well, I can promise the same kind of dealevery summer when my new P.A. goes on vacation, whoevershe may. ”“I’m having to resist the urge to tell you where she can stick her criticisms, my old friend,” Morgana chuckled as Rowenna worked unobtrusively on the nerve cluster in her shoulder.“As did I,” Simon replied with a grin. “Yet a hundred and twenty-nine Mages are dead including a Bureau chief. Admittedly over forty were Æsir, but it gave fuel to her fire.”“And in return we have culled a massive Daoine Sidhe army of over half a million by at least a hundred thousand and are currently the bait in. Another sigh, another glance at my watch, another seventy-five minutes to go. Fuck this, I muttered under my breath. I stood up, leaving my bag, books and jacket where they were and walked purposefully to the library annexe. Through a full-length glass door, I could see Rob, sat at a desk in a long thin room, with a big window opposite him, looking onto a big courtyard.I entered the room, shutting the door behind me. Rob, who was sat on an ordinary chair, turned and smiled as he saw me. I. "None of my friends have even wondered where I was or if I was even still alive. I feel like I have no home, no family or anything." "Baby what about your parents?" I doubled over. "Please….dont they think im dead and the worst part is I was at my own funeral….i thought I should be….and to be honest a lotta people miss me. People who I never knew." I cant imagine what that’s like…and what did they say to you that made you cry like this?" "Nothing I just wonder if anyone even fucking cares that.