"I'll be joining you at that table soon." Tomorrow, I would head to the Temple of the Pure, the grand temple to the Goddess Saphique, and receive my Q...est from the High Virgin Vivian herself."I know you will." He gave me another kiss. "Love you."I smiled and walked away. My training was complete. I was left to my own amusements. I strolled past the envious women, their fingers sticky, and nodded to them. "Ladies."They glowered at me. That made me feel even better.I walked deeper into the. I said so.“You can’t breathe a word, Deena,” Haley said. “Your dad and I ... almost two years...”“When you were FOURTEEN?” I squeaked.“And I promised him and he promised me that there would never be another. That’s when real marriage happens.”“But you just moved in Sunday, right?”She glanced sideways to see how badly I was coming unglued. “Not exactly. Mom sort of figured out what was going on. She and your dad had a talk. I got to spend the night with him a lot...“I never suspected, you. Kal idly ran his fingers through her white hair, “Perra’s going to be here in a minute,” he said.“Mmm hmm.”“She’s going to have questions when she sees us like this.”“That’s fine.”“What are we going to tell her?”“If she asks, we’ll tell her the truth.”Kal was a bit nervous, “Wonder how she’ll react?”“Looks like we’re about to find out, here she comes.”The path to the cave entrance began to light up soon followed by Perra holding a brightly glowing stone in one hand with Kal and Ikuno’s clothes. Didn’t she...” Yet I still feel a flutter in my chest at the idea of being able to see her again, I add in the silence of my thoughts. She was smart, beautiful, and kind up until the point she dissected my heart as it still beat. “Please, don’t get involved with her again. If not for you, for me! I don’t want to ever have to play 50 card pickup with your heart again.” “You would find a way to make this about you, wouldn’t you?” I shoot at Neil with a grin starting to break the frown. “You.