"So Quartz it is. Good." Quartz looked around. "So now thatthat momentous event has been taken care of, what next?"Jet looked at the sheet, "Hmm, clot...es. Diane, do you think that you canhelp with that?"Diane looked surprised, "Um, sure what did you have in mind."Jet laughed. "Well, you must know more about female clothing than we do.Hell, you prolly know more about chick duds then anyone else here,unless Birdie is a closet cross dresser."Brian snorted. "No, I don't think so, statue girl."Diane. The paintings began to sell.Of course Connor was still unknown and what he received for his first paintings wasn't going to make them rich but he was glad that people were willing to pay to own work he had done. Ellie was proud and happy for him but his success would come with a price tag. Connor couldn't get enough of his mother and Ellie wasn't complaining. One day he showed up at her office in school at the end of her conference hours. She was surprised and happy to see him. "To what do I. Jake looked down at her bare neck and shoulders. So smooth and desirable. He wanted the rest of her more than any woman he had ever been with. They had barely looked at each other. They were barely touching. He barely heard her when she whispered, "Yes."Jake's mind raced with thoughts of past moments just like this. Conquests of seemingly endless women throughout his years. Always in control. His mind and body primed and conditioned for every choreographed move designed to seduce the subject of. ” “I only dragged you a little,” Rael chuckled. “I’m just glad I didn’t have to carry you. You don’t weight much of a thing, but I feel like my boots are made of stone as it is.” “I never want to do that again,” she sighed, burying her face into the Nobleman’s shoulder. Once she was recovered somewhat, Silmaria glanced around the cave. They’d stepped in deep enough to get away from the snow and ice blowing through the cave’s mouth. It was a spacious, vast cavern of a cave, an impressive hollow.