"An attempt by an Imperial agent to either kill or capture me. However, I present that as an explanation, not an excuse. Once the crisis had passed, I...had ample opportunity to check on the status of that transaction. The fault lies with me."Jollis felt a great weight upon him. He had never divulged anything about his feelings for Amanda to his Master. His Farview with her had affected him far more emotionally than he wanted to admit. Little else occupied him on his trip back to the Manor. He. You wrapped your arms around me and I simply melted. I had never felt so safe and secure as I did at that moment. I know I haven’t told you that before, but I’m sure you felt it. We sat and just looked at each other. Words were so hard to come by. It was really weird because we had talked for countless hours without a loss for words. Now that we were face-to-face, we found it hard to talk. I started to rub the back of my neck and you told me to turn around. The next thing I knew, your hands. Very young. I could see the xcitement in his eyes. I can't xplain why, but looking at him I felt like nothing could harm me. I started to loosen up nd not be a shy."Thnx Paul" I said smiling at him. I tried to look as coy as I could. His smile got bigger. "U have very nice place. It is bigger than my apt. I have a one. Is this a 2 bedroom?" I asked as I wlkd towards the kitchen to Cori."Yes. We thought of gettn a one, but sometimes Cori goes out with her friends nd brings home a playmate" he. .Hagen flew about not far from the defensive formation of the Core Master experts. She saw everything happening perfectly, yet as fast as she was, could not get there in time to stop he younger Martial brother or the about to explode furless rat.Being incapable of finding Tularg with her double pupils, which she relied on all her life even more than her Soul Sense, reeled her mind with an indescribable feeling....Raroen and Kartius were stuck fighting Belavin and the second level Core Master..