Like I had with every girl, I waited upon my shaky arms for her daze to begin to fade to hear her say those magic words.“I love you, my Shepherd.”...nd just like I had the last fourteen times, I scrambled off the bed and rushed into the bathroom to throw up.When I came out to begin the cleaning of Tracy’s mind, I discovered my mother had joined Adam and Jessica in the kitchen/family room and was chatting about their plans for the next fall.I hesitated a moment, wondering if my mom was waiting to. “Thank you,” Selalea replied, kneeling down and running her hands over the gold bars. As soon as she touched one, it would disappear, allowing her to load them all into her dimensional storage very quickly.While we were talking, my sisters, Omar, and Yuki were in the process of scanning Ilnod. When I looked behind us, I saw that my sisters had already finished their scans, and were in the process of shapeshifting into their new forms. Their transformation was a bit faster than mine, and soon. "Gregg grunted and staggered off towards the bathroom, scratching himself as he went.Maxine called after him. "You don't seem to have discouraged that last one you robbed." Whungh?" Gregg grunted, sticking his head around the bathroom door, his face wreathed in shaving cream."Your 'date' after the charity dance. She's in the morning paper saying criminals can't be allowed to terrorise upright citizens." That'll be the mayor, trying to reassure the public." Gregg emerged from the bathroom and. " Please, call me Janet. You know, you are the first boyfriend Amy has ever brought home to meet me, so you are either very special, or the first one without facial tattoos and piercings, oh how I hate tattoos." She's not seen them, so don't mention them", Amy whispered."Thank you, Amy is a very special girl, and I feel privileged to be her boyfriend." See mum, I told you he was lovely." Yes you did, and you were right. Now I'm off out, you've got Dave's number if you need anything? Good, now.