My last trip included one of these parties and as usual Mary had too much to drink, but she is fun when she is 'giddy' so I switched her to ginger ale...and kept an eye on her. At the end of the party we returned to our hotel and Mary talked me into stopping at the hotel bar. We took a table near the back and placed our order. We were on our second drink when I was paged for a phone call. I got up and went to the wall phone to take the call and fortunately from where the phone was I could see our. “What?” Tanya asked, surprised that he didn’t ask, ‘Where are we?’“Your device,” he said, clarifying his question. “How you got us here.”“There isn’t one,” she said, simply. “I can teleport.”That first part wasn’t strictly true – the Focal Press was at the other end of town in the warehouse where their food and supplies were kept, but only the Praetor could operate it.“So you’re the one that’s been stealing our supplies?” he asked. “There are rumors of a sexy blond girl stealing stuff out of. ..even he would admit, was simply beautiful."So... what does my father want?" Tristan asked, knowing very well Damon was there on the instructions of his father. The two of them wanted to enter into some sort of business and his Dad had told him the day before that he wanted him to handle it. He had promptly told him he wasn't interested but his dad had cut him off saying Damon was going to get in touch with him. Now here he was. Just great!"I presume he told you about Albatros." Damon stated. Thy Dreams of thy abuser hath stopped!Thee now have a Family! Mother, soon a true Father, thy sisters, aunts and uncles. Soon thee shall have a mate and be blessed with wee bairnes of thy own. Learn from all Present! Mother thy young! Love all! Open thy Heart to all! Mother Goddess, her Consort and the Gods shall bless thee and thyne. Blessed Be!"Evelyn and I went to Ashley taking her hands in ours. We could see the joy in her face that we had never seen before. Ashley is and would always be my.