My hand lashed out, striking the faerie guard in the throat above his armor.The guard grunted, his butterfly wings fluttered behind him. He snarled th...ough clenched teeth, his face turning red. Coughing wheezes burst from his lips. My hand shot down to grab the hilt of my short sword. I didn’t want to kill him.But he tried to kill—Purple energy exploded before me. It flew from the guard and slammed into my chest. Sparks sizzled in the air around me. The room rushed around me. I slammed into the. Two sitting councilors held their seats easily and the other two sitting councilors were edged out in closely fought contests. The provisional results for the mayoral election were then posted. BLACK, Sloan Alvin 724 votes. BUXTON, Charles 3337 votes. The people around Buck went wild and Buck accepted kisses, handshakes and backslaps as he watched the figure for the number of registered voters who’d voted: 23.92%. He grinned broadly. ‘Right Thelma,’ he said kissing her. ‘Where have you got. "Reservation for Holliday," Josh told the hostess. She grinned sexily atJosh, I noticed, just before she glanced my way, sneered slightly, andturned her attention to the screen in front of her. "Of course," she said and turned to another young woman. "Table 22." Right this way, please," the other girl said, but she couldn't containher giggle as she turned to lead us to our table.All of the attention that Josh was getting was making me happy about mydecision to live a double life. Triple life, I. We sat and she gotreal serious.Before starting she had me learn how to sit like a lady. I guess I wasnot doing to well.Joan started to explain that my wife wanted me to learn the "oldfashioned" way of women's manners. She said, "Your wife sounds verylovely and wants to make sure you are very feminine so that you canhandle yourself in any life situation. That is why your wife will mostlikely want you to wear older fashions like that all-in-one corset youhave. That is a very 50's look and gives.