I said, "Good evening, Catherine." She wordlessly followed me up to my apartment.As soon as we stepped into the apartment, she turned and pulled me do...n for a kiss. The kiss was short and sweet, but it did a lot to settle my mind. With that kiss, I knew that she was not here to be angry or to accuse me of wrong doing. I will admit that I had worried about that.As the kiss ended, she stayed next to me, with her hand on my chest. She licked her lips."Invite me in so we can talk," she said with a. If any of the men were to go onwards with us ... that could be bad in several different ways. I don’t know if they could continue on with us, or even be able to safely return back here, without certain ... complications.”Everyone wanted more details, especially the men, but Lydia just shook her head violently and wouldn’t argue or say another word about it. I then gave Linda a quizzical look and she just sadly shook her head and turned away from us, unable or unwilling to say a word.“Are we. I motioned him to close the heavy oak door. I sat, looking at nothing in particular, while he took his first sip of tea from the big mug Maggie had brewing for him when he arrived."Carl--" I started to explain, but I had to stop to clear my throat. It was hard to swallow. The tightness there was matched by stomach muscles so tense they hurt."Carl, I need... I'm afraid Laura is getting into something that she'll regret," I said slowly. I was trying to carefully choose my words, not wanting to. She roared in frustration as she paced outside the shield. Once she had moved away from the shield a little and broken eye contact with Stone, he was able to stumble back to Stix.Stix not taking any chances threw a stronger ‘Go away’ spell at the shield. She then created a spell to disperse an obnoxious odour, attached it to a rock and threw it at the catalo. This spell was designed to mask their odours and upset the catalo’s senses.The catalo was not happy to have a stink bomb tossed at it..