Putting his fingers together in a steeple the man spoke softly and gently, his faint Scottish burr detectable, "You go for an interview on Friday, you...will get the job and I am sure you will enjoy it. Full back up will be provided." Julie stood silently and smoothed the unseen creases in her expensive leather trousers before picking up the designer jacket she had thrown casually over the chair when she had come in and putting it on over her silk top. Turning on her heel she walked to the door. "Your meal will be ready soon. The cook needed some extra help to feed us and I thought it good to have non-magic food this time. She argues with me about what is right and what isn't."I pulled Sonya to me and kissed her soundly. Her eyes flew open because of the way I acted. "You're getting right into being the lady of the manor. It sounds like you're doing quite well. Later on tonight I want to form a circle again and see if we can integrate the new slaves into our group. It will mean a lot. I don't give a fuck. There are wars and there are things that don't happen even in wars. Stealing babies is one of those things, on the top of the list. She has to pay the consequences. If she did it, she dies, plain and simple. End of story." It could put us back in the cycles again," I said quietly."Don't care." Lori, you didn't even exist in the last cycle." Don't care. It'll be worth it to ensure that slimy cunt dies. I'll be laughing as I disappear, my hands choking the last breath out of. Naturally, within a week she was telling me she needed a bigger office and a secretary. By New-Year, I agreed with her. Mimi provided a list of names for the assistant. Veronica chose a mousy thirty-year-old Iraqi immigrant, Ibraim Wardani, who happened to be a bit of a tech whiz. Since Roni was heavily to the lesbian side of bisexual, I was not worried about romantic entanglements. I never thought to worry about Elspeth, but that was later.As I mentioned, I was lucky when I set Veronica up in.