I promise that I’ll never do something as stupid as this again. It’s killing me, not to be near you, not to see your smile or feel the warm touch ...f your lips, not being able to smell your lovely perfume ... It—, it’s killing me.”My emotions were starting to overwhelm me again and it felt like Saturday once more. My body had literally gone into shock that day. Like then, my body started to tremble, but this time I was fighting it, fighting to keep control over my body and mind so I could hear. I was feeling tired from the alcohol and the massive amounts of food. I told my family that I was feeling tired and wanted to take a nap and Amber’s mother told her to show me to her room so I could nap there. She guided me upstairs and down the hall to her room. I told her thanks and lay down on the bed. She did not stay as I secretly hoped that she would, instead she walked out shutting the door behind her. I laid there for a few minutes tossing a turning when a thought popped into my head. I. Countering a hypothetical shield was difficult. The only thing we came up with was that the portal controlled some sort of power and the device was made of silver.We decided to set up most of the motion detectors. They fed a radio that was placed in Artlam's home. At the same time the noncombatants were moved and some had to go to the fort. The laywomen stayed as bait. The boys and girls were dispersed with more guards than we cared to use.Lauren, Tiffany, and I raced back to the portal with. For the summer. The more time we spent together though, the less we wanted to spend the summer apart. We were both going to school in Montreal, and it was always so hard to find a job there, that soon enough we were making plans to head south together to give the Keys a try. We ended up taking the bus to Florida, and it was an incredibly long, long, long ride. When we got there we learned that her friend never told the guy she was living with that I would be coming too, and he didn’t disguise.