“We were going to a movie when one of us mentioned how much we like the mountains at that time of year. We both laughed, and I turned the car around...to borrow my dad’s four-wheel-drive Toyota Land-Cruiser and we spent the evening playing in the snow instead of watching a boring movie. We dated until I left for New York and the Coast Guard, then wrote letters each other every day. “After radio school, I was stationed at a small, secluded station in Sitkinak, Alaska for a year’s tour of duty. I. It has progressed too far for that. You already said you don't want to try chemo, and that's certainly your prerogative. That's what I'd try first. Of course, there's never any guarantee, and often the effects of the medicine are as bad as the disease. If it were me, then I'd probably make the same choice. I shouldn't tell you that, though. I'm supposed to recommend trying everything before giving up." I appreciate the honesty, Doc," I told him as I stood up. "I have some things I want to do. “Like a demonic castle sorcerer?” you tease, and Lilith mocks surprise.“Why, yes.” Lilith coos, and pulls out a bubbling bottle of clear liquid.“Dragonsbane. Harmful to dragons, lethal to humans. And completely undetectable, and slow acting, so no poison testers will die and end the ruse.” Lilith purrs.“Poison my own father?” you say, secretly thrilled. Your father was a bastard who captured an elf merely for what her genetics could do to his offspring.“Of course, baby.” Lilith says in a husky. Megan buried her face deep in her flowers. The parts of her cheeks that were not hidden behind the bouquet were visibly flushed. To the crowd she appeared to be embarrassed but I knew that she was attempting to conceal the uncontrollable expression on her face that would easily reveal what I had been doing underneath her gown. Megan was more than simply enjoying the massage of my finger. I could feel her squirm and I loved it. I had only met this woman minutes ago but I desperately wanted her.