Roman and Romulus moved on either side of her.Nyalo laughed, "They can't protect you. Do you know what I am?" Desperate all day?" quipped Roman drawin... a sword."I am an Ekstasis. I am law here and no matter what you say the guard will believe me!"This statement made them all hesitate a little. They knew that Ekstases had their own way of dealing with each other and the contracts for the university extended out until they actually left the planet. Nyalo laughed again at their insecurity and drew. " I'm no different. I'm not a monk, but I'm not stupid either. I'll admit that much." Doesn't this trailer get a little small after a while?" she asked, quickly changing subjects."It's big enough for me. It has everything I need and costs me almost nothing to run. I don't pay taxes because they don't know about me and I don't use any county services. If someone comes looking for me, they're going to have to look very hard, assuming they know where to look." Not much of a life, is it?" It isn't. They stopped at a one of the local sororities to pick up one of Mallory's friends from rush, named Beth. She was dressed as a nurse, which was a bit clich?, but then again, what was Halloween but Clich??Finally, they arrived at the party, which was at the Delta Tau Delta house. The street was packed, with cars lining the street for blocks on either side. Eventually they parked, and Beth and Mallory helped James drag her equipment down to the house.As they arrived at the house, James was struck. Charles and I married three years ago now and I really love him. Some people would say we are perfect for each other. Although it looks like Charles will never make partner at the law firm where he works, we certainly don't lack for money thanks to a very large trust fund left by Charles's grandfather.Some women call me Charles's "trophy wife" behind my back and titter about the difference in our ages, but I know they are just jealous of me. Charles bought us a very nice house in Potomac and he.