” “I know just what you mean by being the third wheel, because I’ve been there and done that too. Too bad your friends know what I look like, an... know who I am, or I would pretend to be your girlfriend, from time to time, so that you wouldn’t feel like that third wheel.” “Are you sure about that?” “Yes I am. If you can pretend to be my husband for an evening, and even longer if I let you, I can pretend to be your girlfriend a few times, that you want to hang out with your friends, and need a. If someone used an attack like this on me in combat, I would be dead.” Standing straight, he strode ahead of him.Axel looked at his back for a while before joining him.After the trauma of first entering the miasma things went well. Rayner had gotten used to the effect and only suffered from shortness of breath. Axel no longer felt a hot chill on his skin, but his eyes did play tricks on him when looking at places where the miasma was thicker.“We should rest here. I have not heard anything since. "As she felt his hands on her ankles, Laura's eyes actually closed momentarily, the sensation soothing, even mildly erotic. One hand went behind the calf of her leg for support as he slipped her tiny foot into the shoe. Her lips pursed with a tiny intake of air. Her eyes opened to find him smiling."You have lovely legs." The other shoe please," she chided him.She walked to the mirror, turning one way then another to view the shoes from several angles. They were certainly unlike any she had worn. The guy in charge of the maintenance crew at the university, Fergus boss, is an old white dude named Connor or something and he would definitely side with Fergus. These bigoted old white dudes tend to stick together, especially in the City of Ottawa. What’s a brown gal to do in such a situation? When I woke up the next morning, I did my morning prayers, and asked Allah, the one true God, for guidance and fortitude in the day ahead. I had eleven messages on my Blackberry, most of them from work..