Andrea turned the envelope over several times before she could garner up enough energy to rip the envelope open. Her worries of the letter containing ...eperation documents was alleviated when she saw the carefully handwritten note on the top of a stack of other papers. Andrea sat down at the kitchen table, having realized that her weak and trembling knees would not hold her till she finished reading the pages.The note on the front read:Dearest Andrea,I found this on the internet, and I would. ”Ikuno barked a laugh followed by a strange jingling noise and a whispered, “Oops, dammit.” She answered a moment later, “Sorry to disappoint you but I learned the magics that were easy and that would help keep me safe, one of the drawbacks of being immortal I suppose, there’s always time to learn things later. Back when I was young, I used to have the same drive and thirst for knowledge you do, it faded away long ago without the specter of having only so many years on this earth driving. The long zealously guarded right to private possession of firearms by individual citizens had proved to be as ineffective as it had been thought paranoid. Up to date technology and the solid organization of both the police and the armed forces had easily overcome the popular resistance that had appeared in the majority of the States and a great many of their communities. The overpowered rebels had conveniently served to swell the ranks of the newly acquired human capital commodities, which had. The corner of his mouth lifted in amusement. Damn him, he knew what he was doing to me! His hand began to caress my back again and he leaned forward to kiss me. He lightly brushed his lips against mine, nipped my bottom lip, then moved behind me, his hand sliding down to my lower back. I gulped nervously and looked at the mirror in front of me. It was the length of the wall and I could see all of him, and me, in it. He was kneeling between my knees, one hand on my lower back, the other wrapped.