You turn on your desk lamp, we both can look at each other as long as we want. I'll come back here and you can go on to bed and we'll both know what's... going on in the other room, but we won't have done anything we'll really regret."I didn't say anything and she continued, "I mean we aren't perverts or anything, but there's no harm in looking and anyway we I'm not naked or anything, but I'll bet you still like what you see" All right," I said, getting to my feet.I heard her slide the covers down. "Blacktower." Three here sir. The woman and a man left the Academy grounds together in a red Mustang twenty minutes ago. Virginia vanity plates YPS AIC, registered to an Alex Chorney of Alexandria. He's one of the faculty at Guilliford, teaches history and general science. They are currently in room 319 of the Hyatt." Give me the address the plates are registered to and the address of the Hyatt. And a description of the man."Number three read off the addresses then described the man. I copied. How can I move on and trust her again?"***Alicia couldn't believe what had happened. "How did I let this happen", she asked herself as she sat on the sofa, staring at the wall. The pain and betrayal she had seen in Alex's eyes had been all too familiar. It was the same way she felt when she caught Will cheating on her."How could I do that to him", she said, then turned suddenly when she heard a voice. "I don't know", Lauren said as she entered the room. "What are you doing here", Alicia asked,. I stood on the hilltop where Angela and her band had made their camp. Their horses had bolted at the first scent of the undead. Their whinnies of terror almost sounded like children screaming.It reminded me of some of my experiments. Children had a great deal of vitality and were fascinating to vivisect.The simulacrum knelt nearby as I readied my spell. She watched as I drew a five-pointed magic circle in a flat spot, furrowing the hard ground. Then I scratched in the arcane markings, focusing.