"Paige shivered and took a deep breath. And then she started unspooling her tale, haltingly and a little out of order. "I found out about a week ago, ...ight when I got back to campus. My period was due right after New Year's, actually. I'm almost always like clockwork. Every four weeks: boom, there it is. But I was late. I'm never late. But I couldn't take a pregnancy test, not in parents' house. And I wasn't sure how to sneak it around them. So I just had to wait ... and wait ... and wait ... I. They were fat, saggy, perfect. Her breathing was ragged, she wanted this shit. "What do you want me to do to Ronnie." I asked. "Dont hurt him,please, I do love him, the fucking creep," I had to laugh at that, her story was good. He wanted this, she didnt, she really loved her husband because he was smart, had a great job and treated her like a queen. She didnt want to fuck him up, that sucks, just give him some humiliation, but she wanted to get laid, but not in front of him, she was right, he. My hands gripped the armchair. And I was gripped with terror watching the incredible surge crashing over the fifteen feet seawall and the camera was clearly shaking from the wind, the force, and perhaps the ground rumbling. Her screams made my blood run cold. I heard him shushing her. I felt his fingers spread me apart.“Hold still, sweetheart.”I was breaking out in a fevered sweat and trembling. My heart pounded harder and raced faster.“Hold very still,” he said again to me, and simultaneously. I'll try to stop talking in the royal plural. It is confusing. Think of us as an upgraded version of Joe or a downgraded version of Calin." What do you mean when you say Calin is downgraded?" Angela asked completely enthralled by the conversation."I can no longer move between dimensional planes, because I am linked permanently to this body." Tol'dor answered.John shook his head in disbelief. "I feel like I'm stepping through the looking glass, but I choose to join with you on this trip to Crags.