' Ruth was now even more interested; pretty young girls, and sissies, who were not so comfortably off financially were easier to entice, this one was ...orgeous and there were many gentleman clients who would pay good money to be entertained by such a delicate flower. She grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently.'Oh there are so many young people down on their luck at the moment, and I have more resources than I know what to do with; I will make a gift of that bra you like so much if you'll. How many men can they have in town? As soon as we can spring Dean, we get the fuck out of town for a while. Lay low. Do that tour the boss wants to do, all over hell and back.” Dave threw up his hands. It had to be hard on him. His job was to protect Jake, a man he admired, who he was personally close to, and he didn’t have the intel he needed to do his job.I just nodded and turned to go, but Dave put his hand on my shoulder. “Don’t leave the penthouse without being armed, Jack.”Dean was. I told her if you don’t mind I massage your palm that will make you feel little warm up. She didn’t say anything but give her palm in my palm under the shawl. I took her palm in my one palm and started massaging to warm it up with another palm. She said your body temperature is really good. I changed to her another palm and massaged that too and made it warm.I asked may I give the same warming up to your nose; she looked at me smiling as if in affirmation. I knew for sure that she needed it. How far do you have to reach to know there’s a storm coming?”After the noon meal, the elven woman had joined Sarette at the front of the column and the two had tried to compare their experiences with elder magic. There were some similarities, such as how the wind or a raincloud felt, but most of the things Shavala talked about didn’t sound familiar.“It’s not really a matter of distance,” Sarette said. “I don’t know what the weather’s doing to the east or the west unless I can see it, but I do.