Leaning down behind the counter helping a customer she glanced sideways and smiled wide as we met eyes, finishing with her customer she stood up and e...ngaged asking how I had been doing and told her I had missed her. She told me she had transferred from meat then shortly after found her life in a tailspin with a divorce and had taken time off from work, I sympathized with her and asked her if she could come to talk more and she turned to her boss and he said she could take her break. She. He had said it still tickled even with his shield. He wouldn’t wish to be shot with a lot of them at once.They all agreed that if a wizard or magician that you couldn’t immobilise were trying to release a spell, it would be a major distraction. For an unshielded person, it would really hurt. Kale indicated that they also leave a bruise.Keven and Levi acted as the bodyguards and escorted the wizards into the building. They moved cautiously but only found quiet hallways. They made their way down. ’ I took a deep breath and let it out. ‘Thank you, Mrs. Edwards. I’m sure we’ll see a great deal of each other before my work here is finished.’ ‘You know I can’t deny you anything you want, even if it’s. . .’ She slipped out of the door, and I felt a strange emptiness inside me. Maurice appeared with a small drink on a tray thirty minutes later. ‘It is nine thirty, and you have a long day in the city tomorrow. I suggest you drink this and retire for the evening.’ I stood up, rubbed my eyes and. The only beach is of black sand nestling in a very small bay overlooked by a terrace on the main street. At one end, just beyond the sand, I found a small space among rocks with enough privacy to sunbathe nude even though this was just beside the public path. In the hot sun my mind wandered and I soon began to doze. I woke with the background sounds of sea and gulls split with laughter.Filled with curiosity I sat up and looked over the low rocks beside me, The sight that greeted me was of two.