" Alfred did see that lovely piece of her soul. "It will also require her to protect you, when your mortal safety is at risk."Alfred looked at the sti...l unconscious young woman, "Is she going to be alright?" It was hard to believe she was once so tiny. Full-sized, she looked more like a human model.Clover looked at the grounded fairy with sympathy, "It will take time before she can maintain a proper preternatural form. It may be days. It may be weeks." When she fell, it would be forever.Alfred. ? he mumbles. ?Sir.?Theirs was clearly a mutual decision but the initial spark was his. A casualty of the commodity trading industry, his generous redundancy pay-off and unemployment created the opportunity. He first emailed me eight weeks ago about my story ‘Priceless’. It was the spark that set their imaginations alight.I’m no expert judge but he seems a goodlooking kid. Clean cut, college educated, middle-American, like his girl. He’s an inch shorter than me but appears taller, as he holds. Her eyes were wide open as she looked upwards. She was the loveliest angel I had ever set eyes upon. I kissed her lips and they felt surprising cold. Perhaps she just had some ice cream I thought. My lover tonight had decided to take the passive approach. Leave me in charge to do with her as I pleased. It was her way of playing hard to get. I kissed down her neckline and teased around her nipples. She exercised total control keeping oh so still as I kissed her nipples with a slow steady pace.. ’ ‘And there are more things that you will be telling me?’ ‘Yes,’ she sighed. ‘More things.’ ‘Why not tell me these additional things now?’ She sighed. She was silent for a minute, two minutes, perhaps. Her face barely contained the emotions that were surging within her. ‘My friend, I cannot tell you these things. I cannot even explain to you why I cannot. If you wish to leave, leave now. If you wish to continue, you must trust me.’ He sighed, and took off the jogging shorts. ‘I should rinse.