Most of my time is spent dropping in and out of whateve r consciousness t his is. I hear someone enter through the back of the house, then the sound o... something dropping on the floor on the other side of the wall next to me. A small body walks past the opening of the room. First in and then back out of my sight. I do not think they know I am awake, they don’t seem to be paying much attention to me. As they move around just out of my sight I catch glimpses of the person and it appears to be a. “What if it’d just been an evil scheme by the two of them and you knew nothing about it?” Steve started to calm down.“So like, Amber isn’t outside waiting then?” Thank god he was pretty.“No, Amber is not, like, waiting outside,” she said in a mocking tone. “I thought maybe we could have a conversation about it before we jumped into bed with new people.” Steve groaned. The threesome had better be worth a ‘conversation.’“Well, sure. Are you in?” he asked, avoiding eye contact. Brit flipped off. "I've been learning." She said.I was so startled I almost wet myself."How?!" I asked.Erica motioned off into the woods and said, "SHE taught me. She's taught me many things. And she wants to meet you, if you're willing. Trust me; she could answer your prayers in ways you couldn't even begin to imagine." Exactly who is SHE?" I asked.Erica held up the flame again and winked. "SHE, as I said, is the answer to your prayers. Think about it Tara, Magic, like we've always dreamed of. There's more, so. She reached out and tapped his knee.Even awakening his reflexes were instant--her hand was suddenly clutched in a vise grip, and his eyes burst open, wild and unfocused.Then he saw her, and his shoulders slumped."I... I dreamed I had failed," he said. "I dreamed I had lost you." Never in a million years," she said.His hand did not let go of hers."What happened after you healed me," she asked. "I don't remember much at all." Temaile came with us," he said. "She's in the dungeons now, awaiting.