I knew I was reacting inappropriately, but I didn't know what to do. I felt like I had been kicked in the chest. I didn't know how to deal with this. ...he one constant I had always had was that Victoria loved me, that she would always be there in our marriage."What marriage?" she asked softly. "We haven't been married for 6 weeks now. I'm no good to you. I can't let you touch me. All I do is hurt you. I hear you crying at night. Why do you think I moved into the spare bedroom? I couldn't stand. Holding up a hand, he called for silence. The mage was feeling more nervous about this than he let on as he drew the rune to lift the ink from the knight’s arm. Previously, he had only moved runes from one flat surface to another. He hoped that there weren’t any special tricks he needed to know about when dealing with designs that were cylindrical like this. Luckily, he just needed to work his way slowly around the arm, lifting the ink then holding it in place with the telekinesis. Later in our truck Amy looked up the Major’s number and got a hit on his location. We tracked his cell phone to a small village on the edge of town and we headed in that direction. I notified my contact that we were getting close, and he confirmed that the location we were going to was a strong hold of the opposition to the King. We had drove 5 miles and were still 15 away from the village when my contact called and aborted our mission. I confirmed and was told payment was being processed and. I felt a littlesting, but before I could react in any way, she grabbed my chin with herleft hand and made me face her. I had to some extent avoided directlylooking at her, but now she made me meet her gaze."So, what's it going to be?" Somehow, in a way I couldn't explain, sheseemed sincere. I had not the faintest idea how or why, but if she wasputting on an act, it was a very good one."Sorry, I ... it's just that ... er ... this is all, well, a little bitunexpected."She sighed. "Yes, I can see.