" A romantic, then? I didn't see Tom as a romantic man. I thought he had a very practical bent of mind, even if he is somewhat imaginative at times."T...m was incensed. "Jane! Don't you dare join these two in doing me down. I may love them, but they keep kicking me in the pants." Only in the rear, darling. What is in the front of your pants has value for us ladies."Jane was amused. "He is like the curate's egg, then: 'good in parts'?" Not quite, Jane," Tom was quick to point out. "The curate's. “Okay, if you’re that sincere, you’ll agree to some special limits on your freedom and do it with a smile, ones that affect only you and no one else. Are you ready to agree to them, ahead of time, not knowing what they are? All of them? Are you prepared to face the full price of unconditional access to Ellie’s holes for your tongue? If you consent to this, we’ll always find a way to give you access to at least one of her holes whenever you ask for it, even if it means that we have to pull out. Morrigan was the Goddess of War, so she was always about strategy. ‘There is that, but you know the ones above,’ he said, motioning upwards with his eyes, ‘they will not allow her to remain for long. They will step in.’ He stared out across the countryside. ‘She needs to ascend and fast. Dallying will not help her cause.’ ‘I know.’ Morrigan answered. ‘But how do we get her to die, she seems rather determined not to do that? She’s stubborn like her grandfather.’ ‘Well, those pesky Fates. On none of their meals had they had wine because they were driving.Everything was ready and soon he was tucking into her delicious preparation, after which he was able to tell her that spicy lamb bake was now one of his favourites. She came around the table to hug him for that comment, and as they sipped coffee she returned to what she had told him the previous Sunday."It put me off men in general for a month or two," she admitted, and her eyes firmly on his, she added, "And it was why when you.