She sat on a flat rock, surrounded by a small, lush meadow. Before her stretched a sea of blooming trees, sloping gently downward. She was on a forest...d mountain, somewhere. She had forgotten; almost everything. But, at least, she could now say that she knew her Way. Her Way was all she needed to know. It told her who she was, what she needed to do, why she needed to do it, and how she was going to get it done.Yuri was a swordswoman. She was strong. Her tall, powerful body was covered in. I didn't really have any memories of him, or my mother, thanks to Markus.I finally wound down, and Fithian looked at me."Paul. You have had a trying life. You have faced, and overcome, challenges that would have broken lesser men. You have even 'failed', and come back if not stronger, then at least better equipped to deal with life," Fithian said to me.I could feel warmth radiate from him towards me, and I basked in it. Wow, this was an incredible feeling. I looked at him, and he smiled a smile. He had the sleaziest smile on his face. He used to tease me with the other k**s in art class about fucking her. They all wanted to fuck her. But in reality they were all young k**s with no idea how to turn on a mature women like my mom. They would never get touch her. They would never even see her naked. At least not at that age.My classmate was a bit more learned now, and it had my stomach in knots. He approached us at our table, and gave me a dirty look when he could tell i didn’t want him. ” Ellerie paused. “I’m not sure how to explain it. Wardens are mages who can somehow strengthen other mages’ abilities.”“Sarlo said she could make it easier to use my magic.”“That’s one way to look at it. I don’t know how it works, but Treya insists she’s gotten much better at healing since she met Corec. My spells have improved too, but I don’t know how much is thanks to him and how much is from practice and studying.”“You and Treya?” Leena said. “If I asked, would he... ?” It seemed too good.