"Is this vacation trip a last-ditch attempt to save your marriage?" she demanded as soon as they were seated in the tub.He just looked at her long and...hard before his shoulders sagged and he admitted "For me it is. Of course, she doesn't see that we have a problem except for my demands for sex." Does she give in to those demands?" Only very occasionally." How many times in the last three months?" she asked, hoping that she had not gone too far."I don't think I should talk about that," he. I'm just telling you what happened as a warning. But you obviously don'tunderstand how magic works anyway. You probably assume I chanted anevocation and James woke up the next morning with a girl's body. No, itdoesn't work like that." Then what?" I practice sigil magic. I don't expect you to know what that is,because you're a stupid sissy who's led a narrow and pampered life.Magic simply applies your will to a situation. But it has to act inconjunction with physical action. There's no point,. The young woman’s deep, dreamless sleep, a result of the magic contained in the old healer’s concoctions, provided a respite to them both, relieving her of the pain accompanying her waking moments, and bringing him brief periods of stolen slumber. Despite his exhaustion after two days of little rest, the Light-Eye resisted all offers to spell him of the near-constant care his mate required. Only the Fox Clan’s spiritual leader held sway sufficient to tear him away from her side and even then. .." His assertions were interrupted by a thump and a cry."Yer leave mi gals alone," he shouted, and Moira retreated to the kitchen staring at the ground. She took a deep breath, tapped the side of the table and lurched to her right, smacking her fist into the face of her sister."'e was going to marry me," Moira cried loudly. "Yer spoilt it, like yer spoil everythin'." Abigail cried out and pushed Moira away, but the elder girl wasn't sat down and had the leverage to hit and punch her.