"We both looked at Susan. She looked down at her hands folded in her lap and softly said, "I never wanted to come between you two. Like Linda, I know ...I am bi-sexual. I would have been happy just to have your left over love, but you both have returned my love.You both have made me so happy, and to be considered equal, is more than I ever expected. But I understand your thinking, and I am both overwhelmed and so thankful to you both. To you Mark, for as Linda said, for allowing me to be whole as. I lay over her, my legs on either side of her waist, using my knees to just slightly keep myself from pressing against her. Her hands ran up my sides and she gazed into my eyes, pulling me in, desperately waiting for me to lower my head to hers. I smiled and closed my eyes, leaning down and forcefully kissing her. She gave me a small gasp and then got into it, obviously back into her comfort zone. I ran my fingers over her side and them up to stomach, trailing them over her bellybutton and then. While I can't use magic for as long as I have Raphael's Collar inside me, it won't stay that way for long." Then she proceeded to pull Raphael's Collar out and stabbed my stomache with it instead.Flo switched back to his ring form as I let go of the handle. My body immediately felt weak, the same way I felt as when I was back in Ashmedan. The Healing Aura that I maintained to heal my body dispersed and was sucked into Raphael's Collar. The cyclone also dispersed as it lost the source of its. 2922:. The news blips that matter:Tensions run high at Merchant House stabilization meeting: The continuing spate of terrorist attacks across the Federation have caused tensions to rise in a hastily convened meeting on Terra to discuss effects on trade between Merchant Houses. While a “We’re all in this together” mantra was expected to be the theme of the meeting, with Merchant House representatives hoping to announce new trade deals to steady the House’s morale, the meeting reportedly.