The bated breathe, the rustling of clothes, and even what sounded like a moaning, forced through pursed lips. She gathered up a few books and silently...got to her feet. She'd go to return these books, whatever they were, to the back. Of course. That was what she was going to do anyway. If she found anything she'd kick them out. Teenagers, for sure. Cutting school to make-out in her family store. She began to feel a little empowered. Those bastards have nothing better to do. She tucked the books. As the crowd chanted the seconds down from a minute, the Matthews clan joined in."I'm still not completely convinced that they're not alien," Matt's wife, Courtney, whispered into his ear as the count continued. "Did you know Jeff was going to have Ship take us up tonight?" Didn't have a clue that we were up until those screens or holographs or whatever they are came on just then. I thought we were still sitting out back of the Retreat."As the count neared zero, everyone came to their feet, the. " I left her sprawled in bed and went back out to the couch. I didn't hate Mary, but I didn't think we could make this marriage work much longer.I left the TV on and turned out all the lights and tried to go to sleep. I must have dozed off, but I suddenly was wide awake. I felt someone staring at me. I looked around the room and towards the front door--nothing. My gaze continued around the room, finally coming to a stop at the hallway to the bedrooms. Mary was standing there and was dressed in. Morehouse or Fiona? Who to look for first?Fiona wasn't an immediate threat. At least I hoped not.Thinking about Lord Morehouse, I knew where to find him.I started to get up, but looking at Maelstrom, I realized there was one very important thing I had to do before I left. With a growing understanding of how different Mind Magi worked, I knew our minds were the key to our abilities. Physiologically, our brains controlled all aspects of our bodies, and that would include accessing our special.