Seeing and hearing one spouse badmouth the other had brought home how special their marriage was and that it was worth working on in order to improve ...it. Intimate discussions had increased in frequency and the subject matter of their talks had gotten deeper.It was strange how even trivial conversations had changed. In the old days, she would ask him how his trip had gone when he returned home from a sales call. Now, she greeted him by telling him how much she missed him and how she had thought. I heard, through the growing haze, a roar of rage and fury that made me smile, at least on the inside. There was no fear; I was safe now. My archangel was here.I closed my eyes and drifted, floating in my crimson water, pain free and happy. I felt my eyes trying to open when my archangel called to me, but I wasn't worried."Oh no, Tricia, no!" My warrior's voice was horrified.I heard other things now, things breaking, screaming and then silence, except for him."Tricia, baby, stay with me. Don't. After bouncing a little on each potential bed, she would stop and state a number.After the fourth bed I couldn't stand it anymore, and asked, "What are you doing?"Once again she smiled at me and winked, "I'm rating how much sex it might withstand before breaking down completely. This one, I think, is a five. It'll be fun but lose its firmness too quickly."She ended up giving the highest rating to a couple of twin sized mattresses, but went back to a king-size instead. She purchased it with. As he watch Mike stumble around the corner, he felt his heart exploding with the need to support and comfort his child, 'Oh God, Michael ... I wish... 'As Mike headed toward the Lake's Edge portal, he sent the new data to Elnore along with a request for sanctuary at the hold.Elnore's response was near instantaneous, 'Always, Michael.'Having cued the portal, Mike stepped through and literally ran into Alliona. The gorgeous white Arabian cocked her head in query and Michael finally broke down,.