Maybe if you got used to my nudity, it would be the first step."Looking back on it I should have realized how quickly Kate came over to the idea."You'... do that for me? God you're such a good friend!" Sure I would." Then an idea occurred to me. By now I saw a pattern. Having someone else in control was what I wanted. "I'll tell you what. You decide how fast we go. What should I do first?" Um ... OK, take off your jeans and sweater." Was I ever glad I'd worn panties that day. Smiling I lay back. If Aran wasn’t mistaken, that was an Elvish accent. He quickly considered his location; according to Elaina, the Eryn’elda village of Ildernass was about three days’ walk from here. Perhaps this one was a scout?“Be easy, mellon, I mean no harm.” No small part of Aran’s tutelage under Elaina had been the various tongues of Elves, Dwarves, and other races. Mellon meant ‘friend’ in common Elvish.“State your business, firya,” the Elf demanded, using the Elvish word for ‘human.’Aran thought for a. "Victor thought about it then said, "It's a deal." He removed the ring andhanded it to Patty."So what's it to be?"Victor said, "I wish I had a job where I had a bunch of people workingunder me, all of whom had to listen to me."Patty grinned an evil grin, glad that this mortal hadn't thought his wishthrough. "Granted." Suddenly, Victor disappeared. Patty turned toGeorgia, now crying on the floor. "Now, lass, since your husband has soblithely discarded your union, perhaps I could talk you. She said she moved up top of that hill in that old house up there with her mama, she said her grandmama owned it when she was alive, she said she come here with her mama, her mama looked white but she didn't, she looked like some type of mixed breed. Her hair was long, wild and curly but it had a dirty blonde tinge to it! And she had freckles all over her! Like some type of human cheetah! But she was a pretty young thang, I'll give her that. I ain't seen eyes that pretty since my mama died.".