Losing Aneeka — I didn’t dare even think of losing Nallen! — would be a devastating blow to my psyche. I wondered how Mareail managed to survive... I understand death of a broken heart to be a well-attested phenomenon all over Allland.I tried refusing the wine, “The baby...” I still might not be fully adjusted to the idea but I wasn’t about to do anything to mess it up.“Don’t worry, the alcohol’s been removed,” Nallen reassured.“You certain?”“Positive.”“Okay.”Just like when Nallen brought me here. There's nothing to worry about. I feel fine. To be honest, I've never felt better in my life. I don't even get sick in the mornings like Jersey."He was suddenly angry, glowering at her like she'd committed a crime."Why didn't you tell me before we went riding yesterday? You got no business bein' on a horse in your condition." Now, wait just a minute," she said, raising up to clutch the sheet to her throat. "I won't have you dictating how I get to live my life. Mooney's a gentle horse and I'm a. ”Schaffer left the kitchen and made his way down to the store room, locating a bottle of bourbon whiskey that he had spied a few weeks prior, retrieving the copper colored liquid from a shelf and dusting off the glass bottle to examine the label. Kentucky origin, aged in genuine oak barrels, about twelve years old if his math was right. He didn’t even know what month it was half of the time, there were fewer hours in a day here and the Borealan calendar was all screwy. If it wasn’t for the. The way he looked at her she could tell he loved her so much and Olivia knew she could deny him nothing. Maybe what they'd just done was wrong, but she knew he did it to her out of love. "I want to love you." It was an odd way of putting it, but she knew what he meant and nodded, afraid that if she spoke the spell would be broken.Olivia pulled her t-shirt over her head and helped her Pop shed his clothes. She wanted them off quickly so there wasn't time to think. She closed her eyes and spread.