Like moonlight behind a passing cloud, the room was empty of his presence and I looked around, breathing hard and shivering. The entire affair had las...ed only a few brief seconds, I knew, but it had seemed an eternity."He's eager," Christine observed."He'll be the one to free you," Julia told me, stroking my arm with her hand. "He'll turn you, when it's time." Bite me, you mean," I said softly and there was no question there."It's who you are," Sylvia spoke for the first time. "What you are." A. There was also some dark figurecloaked in hood with them."Pay up kids!" Their leader shouted at us as they drew their swords. Iput down my snack on the log and dusted off my hands."I will pay up alright!" I said as I stood up to face him."Not a step closer! We were warned about you sorceress. Give us yourgold and we let you go!" And what exactly did they tell you about me?" I asked with curiouslook."That there is girl with really flat chest who pays in gold and can usemagic." Bandit said. This. "I knew I had been caught red handed and that Christine had every rightto throw me out. I knew I would lose not only Christine but ourdaughters and our home. But I did not understand so I asked, "Why thepanties?"Christine laughed. "Why? You - Peter the mansplainer - need to ask me- Christine a simple woman - why?"I knew Christine had thought this through before she answered me so Istarted to take off my clothes as she explained:"Firstly to remind you who wears the trousers in our. I never had any stories to tell but that was about to change. The next time the gang gets together for few beers and story telling well, Id have one to tell. You would not believe it but when that time came around I didn't feel like telling my story. I guess that I didn't need to say anything after all because 10 minutes later Steph just happened to walk around the corner and bumped straight into our group of friends. The next thing I knew Steph was hugging and kissing me like we were going out.