”I gestured to Song who had moved to Flower and her daughter, “Winter’s Song is my mate, touch her and I will kill your clan.”The sidhe looked...at me for a minute before nodding. He looked at the sidhe on the floor, “Leave, go north and scout the way to the summer lands.”He looked around, “We will honor the peace.”It was several minutes before everyone began talking and most of those that were regulars left. Song kept her daughter with her and Flower moved carefully as even more sidhe came in.. Kim pushed aside the Afghan blanket, which covered her. She sat up in bed only to find herself naked. Where were her nighty and her robe, Kim wondered? Then Kim saw them neatly folded at the base of the rectangular package, which still stood, perfectly wrapped, between the table and the tree. On top of the flannel nightie was a strand of mistletoe.Confusion overcame her. The memories and visions of the previous night raced through her mind. What had really happened? Bolting from the bed, Kim. " Anne, have you considered he might be gay, and having sex with other men?"Anne covered her mouth with her hand. "God, I didn't even think of that. He could get AIDS. How can I find out? He'll deny it if I ask." Let me take care of it," Linda said, and patted Anne's hand."What are you gonna do?" I'm just gonna talk to him. I'll find out if he likes girls."Anne sighed. "Linda, be easy on him. He's only nineteen." Anne, the boy is over six feet tall. You want me to be careful with him?"Anne. The home crowd cheered deliriously. He reached down and took the hand of the running back and helped him to his feet, much to everyone’s surprise. ‘Nice fucking hit!’ the larger boy said with a slap on the back. He was greeted at the sidelines by more praise from coaches and other players and more slaps on the back. He enjoyed the feeling, in a matter of barely a week, he had won a competition to become a starter and done something highly worthy of praise on the field. It represented more.