She was already half dressed. We both finished throwing on clothes in record time. As soon as my tennis shoes were on, we bolted down the stairs. I he...rd mom call out in concern from the racket we were making but we didn't even pause as we burst out the door.Both of us started laying on the speed, with Zoe drafting only a step behind me. I was totally wrapped up in my thoughts and didn't notice, but Zoe apparently did. Later, she told me she thinks we made the mile and a half distance in just. "That's just one of our powers, if we had the willpower, we could takeover the world", I heard 'Anna' tell me with a mischievous smile. "Youmove well as her, so any news on our.. Husbands? night out at the stripclub", I asked them as we chose from the menu. Except for Monique, everywoman here had the mind of a male and as we were planning our night out,we could settle on a night, then plan how to surprise our.. Husbands."Oh yes, this weekend, Connie has to swap back in a few nights, but. After all, who could possibly compete with the most beautiful man on the planet? And for Brad, he could pretend to all his leading ladies and predatory starlets that he was committed and totally in love with only one woman, me.”“Was your family happy about this arrangement; I mean, what about children?”“My family never knew. And I see no point in telling them anything otherwise. Children?...” she paused with a faraway look. “I thought I could retire to my ranch when I reached thirty or. Even if those visits were short, I felt better for several days afterwards and so it was easy to make a decision to continue those trips in the future.When the autumn term at the University started, I soon noticed that being able to work on the Dark Floor of the University didn’t exactly make you popular among the other students. Those studying to become Magicians were mostly disliked and feared, and sometimes for good reason. They were privileged, sometimes - or quite often - arrogant.