I closed my eyes and I could see through the door, right through the blankets to her body and I could see her fingers going in and out, in and out, in...and out, to make the burning more powerful and stronger, until the wave of it comes into you like a moving mountain and takes your breath away and makes you go out of your mind." I felt sick. I opened her door and the sound stopped. Like a knife had cut it off clean as a whistle. She stopped. She was holding her breath." I went in and got into. “Not as far as we can tell, but they’re being closed mouthed bitches,” Roxanne replied.“Diplomatic office is rubbing off on you Roxanne,” Morgana chuckled.“Feck it, even the North Koreans are more open than this bunch,” Roxanne groused. “Just because they can turn a Mage to stone they think their shit doesn’t stink!”“Any idea how they do it?” I asked. “It’s not like we can’t shield or anything.”“Theurgy, John. Their original founders, Medusa, Stheno and Euryale are minor powers and you know how. Like always.”“Ok, ok. Here it is. You know how much your mother and I love Abbie. She’s always been very close to us, especially me. She’s been Papa’s little girl since I first saw her little face at the hospital.”“I know. Abbie absolutely adores you. You’re an excellent grandfather to her. What are you trying to say?”“Well, my love for her has grown as she has grown. I’m on pins and needles just waiting for her whenever she’s going to visit. And it’s not just because she’s my granddaughter,. " It could get dangerous for you, too, Gabe," she said in all seriousness, wishing she could reach up and touch his face or rest her head against his shoulder."Yeah, but that's why they pay me the medium size bucks," he joked. "So I can get my ass shot at." He sighed. "You don't need this, Kaylee. Last night was the first that you didn't have any nightmares." Someone didn't let me sleep long enough to have nightmares last night," she laughed, setting the brush on the desk and pulling out some.