“Please, don’t rub softly. It gives me the chills and I’m trying to stay warm,” I said once the chill had passed. “Sorry! Sorry!” he said ...as he rubbed me with his palms, restoring the warmth that his fingertips had taken away. I could tell he did not want to ruin the moment. I kissed him on the lips, and then slowly kissed down to his muscular chest. As I moved down his body I tried to stay as close as I could to him. Staying close exposed me to the hard shaft that was rubbing against my body. He rubbed a Q-tip on it. “Fresh semen.” He said. “Was sexual intercourse done in this bed recently?” Paula asked and Nikki nodded. “Last night.” She said.Paula looked around the rest of the house as Officer Bakers took photographs. “Do you have a brother?” she asked.“Yes,” Juliette said. “He goes to boarding school. Mom sent him after he got sick.”“Why call now?”“She’s pregnant with my brother’s baby.”“Was it force?”“No,” Nikki said. “We loved each other and were together. But then we fought. Shaking her head at the question in his eyes, she tried to smile. ‘I’ll grieve for her later, right now I just feel better knowing she’s at peace.’ He nodded, ‘get some glasses will you hon, and a pitcher of cold water, if this is as potent as mom says it is, you won’t want to drink more than a couple swallows even diluted down.’ As she went to do what he asked she heard Zach ask a question. ‘What is that stuff Bull?’ Bull gave a chuckle as he held up a quart jar filled to the brim with a clear. .. “If you hear them from one or two people, you can discount what’s said. But all these people and all these eyewitnesses? Something is going on and dragons, or something close enough to being a dragon as not to have a significant difference, appears to be the culprit.”“Elva used to tell us children’s tales about dragons,” Yren remarked, more to say something than anything else. His reticence to speak had opened up a bit lately, especially around Gillen. She’d taken quite some time and effort.