Since I was now working for security and had previously heldsubaltern rank in a recognised military organisation, this was now myrank inside campus se...urity. She then casually pointed out that if Iever tried to use that rank without it being a matter of life and death,I would be cleaning the toilets in Hawthorne for months. I wasn't surewhat Hawthorne was, but I definitely got the impression that a firingsquad might be preferable.So far, I hadn't really had a chance to talk to my uncle. She looked at me in horror. I laughed and hugged her. I told her not to worry about the strange earthquake later tonight. She was trying to work out what I was on about, but I didn’t enlighten her.I had to be up by four to catch my flight, so I retired early after reading the kids a bedtime story.Just after midnight, I walked down the road to the property.I then did a little landscape work. I even made the earth shake a bit so people would believe it. This was really cool magic. Basically, I. " Still feeling annoyed Revanche frowned, he had not asked Saraphina to come with him to the gathering, she had appeared next to him a few moments after he arrived saying she missed him too much and just had to join him for his gathering. He had been trying to think of a nice way to tell her that he was not happy that she had shown up, she had been a pleasant interlude nothing more. Revanche had made that perfectly clear from the very beginning, they both had known it was a temporary. I thought I'd come over and see if he still remembered me." She wanted to play. Well, good, I always liked to play too. I'd just see how far she'd take it."I guess I'll go upstairs then and let you two catch up on old times. It was good seeing you again Kiki." She didn't even pay me any attention when I got up and went upstairs to my bedroom. She was good at this, I could see that I'd have my hands full with her. I stayed up in my bedroom for an hour, but no one came upstairs. This was getting.