Without thinking, Nathan swept her hair to run side and planted a soft kiss on the side of his mom's neck.An electric jolt pulsed through Susan at the...touch of her son's lips. It was intimate, but not at all sexual - surely he hadn't intended that - but she still let out a soft moan.Mesmerized, Nathan moved his lips a couple of inches and kissed the back of her neck. Instinctively, Susan reached back and grasped the back of his head, her own falling forward as she let out a sharp breath that. So it was okay if I took a few depraved pleasures. I deserved it.I hit the Compile button. The warning message popped up, letting me know it was all final and asking if I wanted to do it.YES or NOOf course, I hit yes.I felt reality rippling around me. It was a bubble that swept out across me, emanating from my phone. I groaned, shuddering, my eyes dancing around the room, looking for anything that changed and... My wife had left her closet door open. She had a little cubby for shoes in there. ” Helen did not believe it for a second.Stacy was still brooding and silent.“Helen, the test is between you two. You aren’t competing against anyone else.”“What happens if neither of us get one right?”“If both of you get less than twenty-five percent correct then I will make a new test. How is that?”“Ok, I guess.”“Stacy?”“Fine.”Curious, I opened my copy of Moria’s test. ‘Where is Plymouth rock? What date was the first colony settled in North America by the Europeans? Where is Quincy market?. Igazi wanted Helena to do the thing that she and her friends learned at an early age to take control of the warlords and make them swear loyalty to him. From there, his much larger force would take over the country of Uongo. They would have to go through her own troops to take over, which would undoubtedly spark a war between San Finzione and Uongo, or whatever Igazi planned to change the name of the country to once he’d taken over. Igazi seemed unworried by the possibility.The trick his men.