I walked to the cash register and Jared was leaning against the counter talking to a customer on the phone. I walked over to him and ran my fingers up...his back. "Hey baby," I said quietly so the person on the phone wouldn't hear me. Jared laughed and nodded at me. I went over to count my drawer, and I saw Ryan glaring at me through the window. Last week I had mainly flirted with him, so he was probably jealous. It made me wet knowing that he was angry, and so I started to lean into Jared and. She was astonished to find Jan taking a thin light panatella from the box."Cindy, please light my husband's cigar for him and then light mine," Jan said quietly.Cindy's eyes widened. She had only the vaguest idea what to do. Taking his cigar, she daintily bit off the end and then rolled it in her mouth. She remembered hearing somewhere that the flame should not touch the cigar. She rolled it in her mouth as she held the flame beneath it. As she held the cigar out to him, she almost choked on. I called Neva on net. It was 0200 in Graton.She was not pleased with the call until she recognized that it was her husband. She both woke up and became pleasant in the same minute.I explained our plight and need.She thought it was a good idea. She would have to run it past her instructor and program chairman. She would get back to me later today with their decisions.Fritz said, "Meeting time."We had two minutes to get to the conference room. Fritz did not like starting anything late.The. Instead, thetwo of them flew south.Once made of up three powerful kingdoms, the lands below them had brokenup during the years. Now there were dozens of small baronies, kingdomsand duchies.As they continued to pass by small farms and villages, the creaturecould feel Aislin's power behind him, moving him along the currents ofair quicker than possible. Suddenly, without saying anything Aislinsimply slipped off his back. Like a rock, she plummeted to the ground.Growling, the shadow creature banked.