When they turned away to return to their cars, he studied the slope of the bluff below him.After earlier seeing a police car roar up to Julie's house,...then again at his own home, and now here, he doubted the cops had shown up here to arrest Van. They were after him, and they were obviously trigger happy.He wondered if the car in front of the house had really been Sandy's? What if it was? If he suddenly appeared out of the darkness among the excited cops, he would be putting her in danger. He. "We had a contest of wills," Ban-Den answered, shortly. "It is not evil nor does it mean us lasting harm, though it will perform acts of mischief, such as that last one. It means to determine if we ... you, McAllister, and by extension Lady Sable, and then I would suppose me, are worthy enough of it. What its purpose is, I could not divine, but it is aware of itself a small amount, and aware of the world to a lesser degree."He took a breath, and then finished. "It is also vindictive. It did not. Sharon was sympathetic to Nora's problems with Davin buttried to help her to understand some things that he must be feeling.Sharon said "Nora, you must understand how humiliating it must be forany man, even Davin, to be put in such a position. To be so totallyrejected as a man by you and spend his days just making your lifeeasy." I really thought that he had already accepted his reduced status bynow," said Nora. "I have been seeing Scott for over a year now and heseems to be understanding of. . Oh wait..." He said then stopped suddenly, glancing up at the mirror quickly to see if she had noticed the discrepancy.Her eyebrows shot up in question, her eye shadow brush poised between her fingers to apply the make-up. He smiled back smugly. Slowly she shook her head."You know I hate surprises," she said coolly."Not the surprises like these," he answered.She sighed audibly. "Hudson, you suck!" Technically, no I don't."She shook her head, sighing again as she did. "You are awful. Do you.