’ Turning away from the battle of rock and water which played out endlessly beneath him, he regarded Sin-Cho. Her stance was one of quiet contemplat...on, strong but open. Her ebon black hair flowed down from her face in gentle waves of onyx silk. At five foot two she was considered tall … but that, just as the hair and her emerald green eyes, were traits that the young woman shared with her long passed matriarch. A wistful, somewhat sad smile played over his lips as he regarded her. Sin had seen. Dragging his broken body behind the altar, the gnome painfully got up. Blood from his nose, ears, and mouth dripped into the pentagram, without Gizol noticing."Damn that thing!" he shouted."If only I had more power! I curse all the gods for abandoning us!"Black, smoking tendrils materialized around Ragnar and wrapped around the big man, who screamed in agony as his life was being drained away. The Lich turned and fixed its sparkling but empty eye sockets at Gizol, who spat in defiance. The glob. But she kept thinking about him and questioned whether she was being stuck up because of his record. After she dropped Katie off, she decided to drop by the bar again to accept Michael’s invitation. He was very nice and had a great smile after all. After she parked and walked to the entrance, she noticed Michael walking by himself down the street.“Michael! MICHAEL!”He stopped and broke into a big smile when he saw her. They began walking towards each other. “Hey, what's up, Allyson?”“I wanted. Why not? So here goes:The year started with the annual trip to the spa. In the ladies’ shower, I met this absolutely gorgeous woman that I wanted hubby to have. We talked and I later introduced her to hubby and she really liked what she saw. We enjoyed the spa, had dinner together and, for dessert, I watched hubby make love to her. Happy New Year!In the middle of January, Annika (a 50-something widow who lives nearby) invited us over for afternoon cocktails and dinner. Hubby sees her.