“What the hell,” I thought and stepped up to the door. Deep breath and I pushed open the door, my hear pounding. It had one of those electronic bu...zer things that goes off when you open a shop door, but this one was mega-loud. It made me jump. Anyway, then I walked on in. I had never been in one of these places before so I had no idea what to expect. I think it was a little more… squalid than I would have liked, and quite in-your-face. I think you know what I mean if you’ve ever been into one.. Aunt Serenity was able to step across the threads a little bit more freely than most, but it was not that she could sense the possibilities any better than most, but rather that reality was more willing to answer back when she asked for something. Not that she really knew she was asking, or being answered. Still she is tied by that tether back to the facet of her birth - still centered in that same familiar, comfortable chunk of the honeycomb that defined her.I am a Walker, and this is the. Someone had sandpapered my throat when I wasn't looking. Justbreathing brought a rasping pain that sent me into a spasm of coughs."Woah, Sweetie, easy. Here, here's water." Sara pressed a straw to mylips. My heart soared as I sucked the sweet, sweet nectar of cool waterinto my mouth and swallowed it down. That hurt, but was relieved almostinstantly by the chilled liquid. I sucked that straw until it croakedalong the bottom of the glass. "More?" I nodded, instantly regrettingthe motion as. As I reached up to wipe the board clean I felt my husband's hand on my waist, smiling to myself I kept facing the board, wiping it slowly. Kissing behind my ear his hot breath and tongue teased down the side of my neck to my collarbone as he dropped his hand down the side of my thigh, his fingers reaching for the hem of my skirt. I couldn't bear it anymore, I turned around and met his hot mouth with my own, exploring his mouth with my tongue I dropped my hands to his waistband slipping my hands.