Her eyes swept over the room. "Where are your kids?" Maggie is spending the night at a friend's house. Ryan is sulking in his room." Jane smiled and s...ook her head. "He thought he should be able to attend because his eighteenth birthday was last week."Beatriz mirrored her friend's gesture. "Teenagers." Ooh. You have to try the new cheese we found. Also, watch out for the punch. It's a touch strong," Jane said as she pushed her friend into the ring of people gathered around the refreshment. “I had a revelation and I think it’s important to talk right now. Please. Just hear me out and then you can send us away if you want.”I heard movement, and then the door opened. Jessica was wearing her matching robe, and went to sit on the bed. I sat in the chair; Kara sat on the edge of the bed, but away from Jessica.“So?” Jessica asked.“Can we agree to tell the unvarnished truth?” I asked.“I thought you did that earlier without asking me,” Jessica said tersely.“I did ask if I could be blunt,”. Owners?" I added."Sadly that is the only way to break the link and I am very limited as to who I can get to. Recently the emergence, survival and capture of any unattached female Mage often enough led to their vanishing without a trace, at least until you showed what those barbarians were actually up to," Mary replied for them all. "We could not even trust those women living as partners; I nearly lost Alcina that way when she was reported to be in contact." You'll need to undergo a full truth. So who was that boy over there, if you don’t mind me asking?” Cameron said as she pointed over in Dillon’s general direction. llon felt all the nerves in his stomach swell at the question. He was feeling very intense and the only way to lessen his excitement was to close his eyes and grit his teeth.“Oh that’s my brother Dillon, don’t mind him, he’s just one of those geeks who plays on his computer all day” Audrie laughed“Oh haha, that’s funny” Cameron laughed half heartedly as she stared off.