We started walking. As we walked we walked from one side to the other. We could not seem to walk a straight line if we tried. We laughed at each other.... We laughed with one another. We crisscrossed back and forth as we went back to her apartment at the complex she lived in. Somehow we got up to her apartment. Somehow we got to the right apartment too. We knew one thing. We knew we felt good and once we were inside, and I don’t know why I went upstairs with her, but once we got to the apartment. And another woman. I think I had sex with all of them at some point.” I joined her laughter with my own. “My name is Peter. You?” “Sandy. I came with Bill MacKenzie.” A mental light went on in my brain. Bill, a buddy of mine from the university, had introduced us when they arrived. “Nice to meet you, Sandy. What did you think?” “It was wild,” she answered, “I’ve never been to a party like that before.” “Is that good or bad? It’s not my first orgy but it is the first I’ve hosted.” “Good. Very. But with limited skills and experience, neither had been able to offer anything resembling reassurance as to whether it was progressing normally, whether the miscarriage was inevitable, and whether my bleeding was excessive.“Save my baby?” I had begged, and both mages, so different in appearance, had developed the same, panicked expression and embarrassed flush.“I’m not sure even Anders could do that, Sierra,” Jowan had sadly explained, holding my hand tightly.“But even if he could – and I’m. He paused. Ian re-assured him that he would do all that he could to help. ‘There’s another thing’ added Graham. ‘I’m also likely to need Suzanne’s considerable and special talents.’ Both Ian and Suzanne paused and looked confused for a moment. ‘You cannot stay in Phoenix as man and wife. It is essential that Suzanne is free to act as I direct her. Having her husband present might inhibit her ability to do what she may need to do for me.’ Graham looked closely at Ian. ‘You need to be my.