"Thank you dear." Susan's father told his wife, squeezing her hand affectionately.Susan smiled at her parents. She hadn't missed their increased affec...ion or their lack of arguing. She had a good hunch about it's cause.She finished up her meal and bussed her dishes, Jane handed her her coffee cup."You two have a good time today, and be careful." Audrey told them, hugging her daughter."There's not much traffic along the path, but we'll be careful." Susan said, quickly kissing her folks. Afterbreakfast and saying goodbye to Jessica, Brian left the house and got abus to his work site. Brian appreciated the fact that as he sat down, noone ogled him or pinched his bum. Although he did notice a couple ofwomen stare at him but he figured that was because he was good looking.Once he reached his stop Brian got off and headed towards theconstruction site. His company was currently working on a skyscraper.Brian met with his shift manager who handed him a high vis jacket and ahard hat. It seemed like fear wasn't selling very well for some reason, imagine that.Editors' desks groaned with the weight of copy to be gone through, even in electronic form, as an army of reporters and journalists filed stories as fast as they could make their Blackberries work. Although the coverage was as in-depth as anything ever done by The Chicago Sun Times; there was one human interest angle that they missed.Tao Lin had arrived at the target zone and stood marveling at this sea of humanity. Even. Between his plate armor and his defensive spells, Corec was in little danger from their weapons, and their armor and shields couldn’t stand up to his enchanted and bespelled sword. The hardest part of the fight was making sure Sarette was directly behind him before he swung his sword out to the side.Suddenly, three small darts of light struck Corec in the stomach, stinging despite his armor. He looked around, confused. Had Ellerie missed her target? Then he saw a man in a black robe who’d been.