Over the past few months of traveling with Harry, he had gained the ability to see past the surface and into the depths of people. Looking over at the...statue of Harry, he knew that for a fact. It was the best work he had ever done.“And?”Dante remembered how nervous Maggie had been the first time they kissed. She had trembled when his lips touched hers. She had relaxed into the kiss with all of the passion of a school girl. There had remained in her the ability to love and he had found it. He. “Check.”“Aye, sir!” The one eared dark skinned elf said. A moment later, she said. “Yup, they have a few dozen industrial lasers each. They’re made for mining ore, but they’re dwarven make. They’ll cut adamantine, given enough time.”“How long?” Merton asked. Gunner looked amused.“Thirty six seconds,” the dark elf said.“Well,” Specy said, stepping up slightly. “Less, if we’re still red hot. More, if we can cool down before we get to them.”“Can we make our defensive portals bigger?” Merton. She rubbed her eyes trying to prevent the tears. "My boyfriend," she laughed, a cold laugh. "A real monster, he set me up. It was supposed to be our first time. My first time and he betrayed me." She could no longer keep the tears back, and Jax barely managed to hear the next few words. "He stealthed me and filmed me. Then he laughed." Too much for Lidia she got up to run but was stopped when Jax grabbed her wrist. She tried to pull away but Jax held her firmly. He stood up and pulled her. "But it wasn't a proposal ... so I'd feel weird thinking about it." She tilted her head at me. "How do you feel about it?"This wasn't going at all like Lynne had thought it would and I realized I was an idiot for even thinking about this goofy plan."I think it's a ludicrous idea," I said.She grinned. "I figured that's what you'd think." She wiped her hands on a napkin and unbuttoned her blouse. She wasn't wearing a bra under it. "Right now, though, I want to find out what it feels like to have.