”“I do. But considering my recent adventures, I’d like to improve my chances of survival a bit. I can’t learn Teleport when I’m dead.”“T...at makes sense.” Idunn paced the breadth of the room. “We’ll start with defensive effects first and move on to movement-related spells later. Last will be shapechanging. A natural progression.”“That sounds rather intimidating,” Rhys admitted.“It’s not as bad as you may think,” Idunn said, coming to a stop in front of Rhys. “Thanks to your previous training,. “So promise, Carl, that you won’t process it, whatever happens.”I looked at her intense, blue-eyed-brunette face. The others were looking too. Fourteen, at best. “I promise,” I said.They asked more questions, and I told them everything: “She has blackmail material on us - me and Bob and Candace, that’s why we’re here. We have to do what she wants, and Amelie had to as well because Janice threatened to publish the photo of her spreading her pussy.”The girls gasped. Evelyn latched onto it: “Is. Off they sped, out of the city a short drive and to Susan's villa overlookingthe sparkling lights of town.She drove directly into the carriage house/garage and showed Jake the way intoher manse. A very impressive olde English style manorhouse. Though close to the city it was distantenough from neighboring properties to be secluded.They were greeted by her man servant. "Servant" is right. He was a very athletic young man in his mid twenties. His physique waswell developed and muscles rippled. I had forgotten myself again. Ten points.Retrieving my purse for the car, I extracted a pen and a torn-in-half piece of notepaper, which I further decimated by tearing in half again. I jotted down the particulars of Max's latest escape, and then stuck the note between the brass knocker and the strike pad on Dr. Singh's front door. A bark from inside told me that Thor, his German Shepard, was behaving himself. I returned to the car and took my purse and the three bags of new purchases into the.