There where hats, shoes, belts, scarves and accessories of every kind. Her aunt seemed to have a large collection of different styles of sunglasses fr...m silly to practical to glamorous. Katherine knew that her aunt had done well for herself as a media consultant, and she knew that her aunt had eclectic tastes and was somewhat of an eccentric but the scope of what she was looking at took her by surprise. Hadn’t her aunt ever thrown away a single thing in her life? Compared to the airy openness. ’ She held up her camera screen and let me look at the series of six pics she got. ‘These are good! Not lucky shots, as far as I can see. These are practiced shots.’ ‘Well, some practice but there is always luck involved.’ Mary smiled proudly as I complemented her pictures. ‘Turn about is fair play, see yours?’ I returned the favor letting her see my shots. ‘Wow, check out this framing through the brush and branches. I’d like to see these on a big screen.’ We talked for several minutes about. “See? No crime is being committed. Now zip it. We’re not done searching this mine.”---------------The rest of the day was spent in those dark tunnels, searching for goods. By the time he had faced the hobgoblin, most of the other goblins had already been killed, so there was little resistance. They found the bulk of their prize down in the lowest chamber, where the hobgoblin appeared to have been sleeping. The goblins were excellent thieves, stealing whatever they could get their hands on with. What was driving her? Was he the reason or her own need to recommit herself to him? To banish the ghost that had ridden north with her and back again? Her incoherence mixed with gasps not only told him she was on the edge but fired his own need to an almost unbearable pitch. When she cried out, he lost the ability to prolong his wait and rose above her, plunging into her moist and welcoming warmth, feeling her draw him deeper and deeper. She called his name until it dissolved into nothingness.