.. Thankfully.”“‘Thankfully’? Are you still mad at Jonah?” Lara asked carefully.“Hell yeah, I am,” I replied, feeling some echo of the a...ger from the battle flare up again. “But all right, that’s over now. Still, what the hell is this treasure thing?”“He gave her a bunch of foot pedals to try out.”“Oh ... I guess that is kind of cool,” I admitted.“She’s very excited.”“I bet. All right, I’ll be up soon.”Lara left me, so I punched the numbers I hadn’t had to use in a week. Yep, back to the. He noticed me, but ignored me, concentrating instead on placing some very powerful spells around the palace.I am not sure how long he worked. When he was done he again looked at me, nodded, and left. I looked at the spells he had added to the palace. They were a beautiful pattern of lattices. I gasped when I saw them.They blended and augmented the spells that were already there. I didn't see how anything except a demi-god or god could enter without invitation. The power that was represented in. Helen took it, stood, and kissed her again. Their kisses escalated to groping before Julie stepped back. ‘You know, the thing that’s happening tomorrow,’ she said to Helena. ‘It’s too late for us to call it off.’ ‘I guessed that. Will anyone be hurt?’ ‘I shouldn’t think so.’ ‘Will I think it’s funny?’ ‘We hope.’ ‘Then I’ll try to appreciate it. And if I don’t… well, I live in one of the grand old castles of Europe. You know I’ve got a dungeon.’ ‘Let’s save that for our anniversary visit,’ Julie. As she came in Ali said “This is my friend Shazzer, Shazzer was Asian, petite, 5’3”, wearing jeans and a blue top. Ali was wearing a short skirt and a woolly jumper she was 5’4” and a little plump, both girls were 19. Typical girls they were giggling as they handed me a Christmas card. I offered them a drink and Ali said “A beer”, as I gave them a beer we sat in the lounge.As Ali told me all about her life at College the girls were giggling away. Soon the beers were drunk and I offered them.