"He added that at the other Mage Elders' insistence." Oh, don't you beset me with semantics! You know perfectly well that Guildmaster Q'garra intends ...o make it permanent." Under certain conditions, yes."Q'toll sneered. "This is insanity. These Rogues have turned their backs on everything that the Guild stands for, and we are expected to welcome them with open arms?" One could argue that the Guild turned its back on them. Or have you already forgotten what the Empiricists have gone. We both told him we did. That's when Dad told us that they were opening two new stores and we each would be managing one of them.We were so excited. It was what we always wanted, to follow in our father's footsteps. Mom, bless her soul, could never understand it. I guess it was in our blood.In the next year we found two locations and Grandpa and Dad were getting them ready. I was soon in my own store or at least managing it and Bob was managing his. All three stores were in a thirty-mile radius. A confidence from her ‘I never have before’ would have me restraining my desires until one day (night?) we decided that we would have a weekend away together where we would ‘do it.’ As we entered the room at the motel I would turn to her and say, ‘Look…if you want to change your mind, that’s ok.’ And MEAN IT! I would lower the lighting and sit on the bed and offer to make us a drink. It would be important that she gave her approval to each stage of this first time. I would try to convey that. No freckles, no blemishes. Perfectly clear, pale smooth skin. I dared to look down further still and saw that her right nipple was almost visible down the neck of her top. She was lying her head on my arm and I was considerably taller than her, so I could clearly see down her top if or when she moved into the right position. She moved slightly and I saw a darker pink ring of flesh, indicating the edge of her areola. Indeed she wasn't wearing a bra.My thoughts went wild. For fuck sake, this was.