They had embraced college life in the 60's with determination to cram all the fun and experiences they could into those short years. Then had come gra...uation. Visits, first so frequent, had dwindled as they had each got caught up in their separate lives. As the years went by, contact was reduced to phone calls, then letters and finally the occasional greeting card.Then last year they had both determined that enough time had passed. The phone calls picked up again. Finally they had decided that. Perhaps it was because that adornment was only meant to be seen when she was exposed, without clothes. Meant for us. Meant for me. I soaked in her beauty. I looked around and felt that everyone was watching her too. Almost without my realizing, there was a stirring in my groin. It took longer than you’d think because I was so focused on my surroundings, but I suddenly realized that there was a visible manifestation of my interest. Embarrassed, I rolled over onto my stomach, hoping no one. “No, young one,” she said in a softer tone. “It is the time of the arohim that is at an end. Your father was right to embrace chaos, for it is a thing that cannot be ruled.”That remark would have caused Aran to falter, not so long ago, to doubt himself. “Love before hate,” he whispered to himself, smiling as he remembered his mother’s last words to him what felt like a lifetime ago. Two more words floated into his mind, then, coming to him through the vala.Immellanle and Mandaralorn; the names. Preston saw the key to the office in her hand. He had forgotten thatshe had one, since she had not visited him at the office in years.Preston froze as he waited for his wife to say something. As thesilence lingered between the two of them, Miranda got to her feet andshouted as she exited the exit door, "Holly, I don't hear you getting mycoffee."Miranda came to a sudden stop as she looked at Kelly's peeved face.Miranda's heart raced as she wondered what Kelly must be thinking aboutwhat they.