"The horror abated a bit, but I knew this would still give me nightmares later. Please God, don't let me be the one with those abilities. Alistair fin...lly spoke up and asked the million-dollar question. Oh sure, now that I don't want to know, you chime in."So are you one of the mages who knows how to test for templar abilities?" Tanar nodded. "Would you be willing to test Sierra? I'm just so curious if I could ever train her to be like me." Laying it on a little thick, aren't we? Bastard.Tanar. .. sorry an earth term. We will be easy targets; I don't have even half the energy I need to stop them. I have done something like this before, though not in this desperate a situation.Thantas, could only shake her head, then looked at Sam, slowly she nodded her head.Sam, smiled at her a moment, then her mouth dropped open as she felt Sam's power start to climb. NO! He was using his life force!A moment later they were moving many times faster than they had except when they were in the portal.. She pulled her skirt over her knees and adjusted her sketch book onto her lap, ready to try and capture that beauty for her own collection. So absorbed in this world she was, Marie was left oblivious to the stranger observing her from across the garden’s stream. His eyes had caught her as soon as she entered the garden. He watched as she made her way among the blooms and foliage. The bright sun seemed to sparkle off the dark tresses that tumbled over her shoulders. The waves that framed her. She’ll wake up in the morning without a clue. Trust me. I know.”Cee seemed to relax. “They do want to be touched, don’t they?”“Mmm,” I responded, brain and adrenalin racing. “Would you mind? She is your wife, I mean.”My cock was hammering beneath my shorts looking for an exit. “Well, you could caress your own breasts as you touch hers,” I suggested, my voice a tad strained.Cee almost glared in response. “That’s blackmail!”“Yes,” I said. “But they do want to be touched, as you said,” I added.