Here’s Linda’s envelope. Let’s get on with it.” Mary looked round. She had not noticed the small camera set up on Paul's table, but now she re...lised that Wendy was recording everything. Wendy saw her looking. “Yes, you are all going to be part of my video.” “Ready, Linda?” With that Linda went over and took off her white coat. As usual, she was naked underneath. Her rings caught the light. Paul reached onto the table and picked up a sheet of paper. He sprayed something onto Linda’s belly and. Just not as much as Mage Evenglow, who would probably live there. “If you need anything please ask.”“I will do what I can, My Lord.”“Also, I will assign five Slicers and one Atticus to your service. Feel free to experiment but remember they too are part of the base defense and supplies are limited.”Once the newly summoned settled in, I started raiding again.Wen and Kola went into the forest to map and acquire anything they could get their hands on. Standing Rule #1 was do not get caught nor. ‘What’ll it be, Hon?’ She sounded like she should give up her two-pack-a-day habit while she still had a throat. I looked at the menu. ‘What won’t kill me?’ The waitress – Alice, her tag read – laughed roughly. ‘If I had a nickel for every time I heard that. Go with the omelets, and the coffee isn’t too bad.’ ‘Fine,’ I said. ‘Give me a veggie omelet, no onions, and a coffee.’ ‘You got it.’ I forgot her as soon as she swayed off to another table. I let the black cloud of thoughts flow over me. I knew this and kept my distance. When we did share a brief glance that was all too difficult to escape from, there was no confusion in what was there from either side. It was primitive a****l lust, nothing more or less and for the time being, I left it where it was as I had prior obligations.A few years passed and my relationship was still going strong and we were happy. Although, as a general rule, life is one ironic bastard. My fiance had slowly become better friends with Ashley since that.