It was madness, I told myself. What had I thought? How was it possible to meet the same woman, I had glanced in the morning. It was stupidity. It was ...robably the work load – it was getting to me finally. It was an hour since I had come to the street, searching for her and finally when my hope was gone, I decided, I might as well get some coffee from the nearest Starbucks. It would probably clear my mind. I moved to the coffee place and was just entering it when there was a flash of lime green. “Hey sis. Nope. I am on way to the airport now, I should be there in under thirty minutes”“Great, thanks for helping Emily out bro. Shit, I have to go, you better look after her!”I was on my way to the airport to fetch my sister's best friend from school, Emily Bloom. She had just finished college and was about to set off on a world tour for a year. She needed to get some admin done in the city before she left and I offered to give her a place to crash for a few nights.I moved to the city a. There were ice-cold cans of soda.The three sat down and began eating."Are you a virgin, Kelli?" Elaine asked.Kelli almost choked on a bite of her sandwich. "I beg your pardon?" She asked if you were a virgin," Eric said, slouching lazily in his chair."Of course I'm a virgin! Aren't you, Elaine?"Elaine giggled and shook her head, her ringlets swishing over her shoulders. "Of course not, silly!" You're not?" Kelli was astonished."Eric, you have mustard on your chin, honey," Elaine said. "Let. The Scholar getsthem weapons. What is everyone else's role in this?"Valor cleared her throat and spoke up. "Everyone else's role was tohelp in preventing anyone from getting through the portal. And thatwould depend entirely upon the Princess."Robert raised an eyebrow. Valor had, up to that point, been ratherquiet. "How so? She going to fight off the forces of the Empress,Platicore, and the Other Power all by herself?"Valor smiled but shook her head. "No. Though she indeed had the mostpowerful.