”“Unfortunately, at the time it took me as long as four days to get here from any of the six coastal cities if I didn’t have the extra crystals,...and I didn’t get the boost from the cavern to start with. It takes as many as six jumps, and I also needed about twelve hours to recharge myself and the crystals between jumps.”“So, because of all the crystals, I didn’t take the lankys back with me that year. I was unaware that the thieves must have had watchers at various points on the Spirit Road. With arms d****d around each other's middle, the two teens then headed over to climb into the bed without so much as a single glance back at the pile of flesh they were leaving behind. In their parent's bed, they indulged in a little kissing and groping while making a point of not paying any attention at all to their mother.Finally, Kristen looked to the door and saw that the older woman was still right where they had left her. "Really, mom," she scolded, cuddling her sister, "are you going to. Therefore, you have at least three and probably four babies in progress with these two women."Susan was still in shock, but Antonia's eyes narrowed. "These women?" she asked, archly.Steve grinned. "Yes, 'these women.' It seems there are a few other babies on the way as well, if my source is correct."Susan's head turned abruptly, and her expression changed from a vacant stare to a piercing one. "A few other babies? Exactly how many children are 'we' expecting?"Steve replied, "Ten. Four from the. I couldn't give a good answer so mom just swoshed me away and told me to go check on her.When I got the her house her brothers waved at me from a distance, but no Jenny. I went to the house and knocked on the door and her mother let me in. Thanking me, said Jenny had been a handful the last few days. It was then that I had found that that Jenny had been thrown from a horse and had broken her leg. I hadn't heard from her because she just got home from the hospital. Her mother in a flurry,.