We can get through this if we want. I'm sorry that I sounded so harsh and ugly last night. I didn't want to be. I was just too nervous and afraid..." ...Abruptly the tape ended.He spent the rest of the day searching for financial records and contemplating how someone could profess to love two people at the same time. He couldn't seem to understand, grasp the concept. He knew he loved people differently, that there were levels of love, friends, family, wife, children, mother and father. But, how. ‘You will stay at your parents’ place. My parents, Tina and I will stay at Leo and Bernice’s home.’ ‘This is all arranged, is it?’ I asked, wondering why I hadn’t heard anything about this. ‘What do you think our mothers and Bernice have been doing for the last month? You just sit back and let us handle it, dear. I’m sure you’ll be happy with the way everything turns out,’ she said with an air of confidence. ‘So, I don’t get to sleep with you until we’re married, is that it?’ ‘You can handle a. “Why?”“Because she could be in more danger than you,” he said. “Can you get ahold of her?”I pulled out my cell phone. “I made sure Jordan got her contact info.”“Call her,” He said. “Talk to your Stirpe directly. Make sure you explicitly forbid her to tell anyone by any method of how your bond was forged.”I frowned. “Shouldn’t Dalton have told me this?”He shook his head. “She makes a great Sheriff for common Magi, but when it comes to anything outside her sphere of experience, she really doesn’t. While I refrained from moving in a hurry, controlling myself as I believed a man of my position should, I also made no effort to hide the bulge in my pants while walking up to my door. In retrospect, perhaps it's a good thing that none of the neighbors were around at the time. The knob turned under my hand and I stepped inside, locking it behind me. I noted that it had been left unlocked. They're waiting. I walked silently through the house towards the bedroom. “The Dungeon,” as Eliza called.