Time to start make up. All ofa sudden he felt Rae take control again. She saw the text message andsmiled."Nothing much. What are you up to tonight?"Sh... put the phone down and grabbed her makeup. Kyle felt equally as lostagain as she grabbed all sorts of products to put on herself, andperiodically stopped to text Jeff back. He felt her getting giddy at theflirting that ensued.Dan is great and all, she thought, but he is just so clingy andprotective. He always feels like he was something to. “I’d bet it’s been a little bit different for you.”“How so?”“Jake, we had some fun, let’s face it. But do you know how it looks to people? People look at you as the young, cool, hip musician surfer dude who was doing the soccer mom and helped save her; but they look at me as the still-married, mother-of-two, naked slut you were screwing.“But my life is all screwed up right now, and you can’t be in it. That whale has changed a few things. We could have died out there.”“I know.”“Bye, Jake.”----A. He too had dyed his Nagnang robe black."Pteri," Gareth whispered not expecting a response. He got none."I see you have noticed my most trusted helper!" Kija laughed, bowing slightly towards the two. For a second, something glittered white on his chest."The biggest drawback I found using my Dagger was that I had to keep concentrating on the changes I wanted. If I stopped, they slowly went back to the way they were. Very disappointing. So, using the power of the Dagger I created a charm powerful. The area wasn’t particularly suitable to sustain deer or bring a kill through. He stood there for a moment in silence to contemplate an exit when suddenly he heard the sound of twigs breaking. He focused his eyes in the direction where he thought the sound came from. He heard it again and sharply tipped his head downslope, catching the gleam of shiny black fur.At the base of a nearby uprooted tree with earth still clinging to its web of feeders a black bear appeared with ears perked on high.