I just waited to hear what kind of phony-baloney story she was going to lay on me, not knowing that her one-night-stand partner had already spilled th... beans.That wasn't how it worked out.The moment Laurie walked in the door after returning from the airport, she dropped her bags and immediately came to me weeping, her eyes puffy and raining tears, and figuratively threw herself at my feet. She confessed everything to me — throwing herself on my mercy.She promised me that it was a one-time. .. something I didn't want to do!And there was her curiosity. She'd heard of women who loved other women... but except for a passing attraction another girl had for her... when she was in high school, Joan had never experienced a woman-woman relationship. She remembered that Helen... that girlfriend, back in Omaha, had wanted to rub and massage her breasts... and there had been some kissing. It hadn't gone beyond that. Still... as memory flooded back, she had known, even then... that they had. The refreshing air of the place and it's quietness are one of the many things that brings you a relief feeling, this forest is one of the few places in your town surrounded by misteries and rumors, but that never bothered you because the rumors keep most of the people away, making the forest a calm place without much human intervention. On the same trail as always, you see a path that you never noticed, it's strange, after years passing on the same trail, how you never noticed it before? Is it. He bears those scars proudly because they were received defending his mate."Tareif nodded. "His pilot told us about those surgeries." Lohana?" Vengal spoke nodding his head. "I was invited to the Welcoming Ceremony for Lohana's daughter. They make a good team Tareif, and her husband and Isra are close friends. You should have seen them get stinking drunk together at the celebration with Martin and Andreus. I thought Lohana was going to shoot them all." Vengal spoke with a laugh. "His mother and.