Reena was already pacing the room, which may have explained my rising early. Guilt flooded every pore of my body as I stared at her."Reena," I called ...ut. She came and sat on the edge of the bed."You're home in your own world. Do you want to stay? If it is in my power, I will make it happen if that is what you want," I offered.Her eyes filled with tears. "No, I hate this world now. I see too much and I don't like what I see. I want to return to the human world." She was emphatic."I'm not sure I. ”“Pah! It’s my useless husband who needs a cure!”“Agreed, now, name please.”“Lantia ... whoever or whatever you are.”“I’m David and I’m here to use you to cure your husband.”“How?”“Well, I’m going to have sex with you and then your husband will be brought in to enjoy sloppy seconds,” I replied with a grin, deliberately baiting her.“What?” the reply came at almost a shriek.“Well, you do need to bear a permissible child, don’t you?”“Yes, or I’ll be set aside,” she admitted, calming down a. After she completed that hot dusty job she once again drove down beside the small stream and stripped to a bathing suit. Pete had completed the short wall in the back of his cave by then and was working on the front wall. He had been watching her off and on as she worked. After he used the mortar he had prepared he put his tools in a water bath and walked to the stream where Fiona was floating.Pete took off his shoes and waded out into the stream carrying a pool noodle. When he was in the. I was almost dozing off when one of the men wandered over. “Good afternoon, I’m Tom Mays from Houston. Who are you?”“I’m Xavier Marigold from Nashville. I go by X. I’m headed on to Arizona and New Mexico. I may stay there for the winter. I haven’t decided yet.”“Cool, X. We’re on vacation but I’m guessing you don’t work.” He said it with a questioning sound to his voice.“That’s true. I retired after striking it rich quite accidentally. I have to be careful but shouldn’t have to work any time.