In their loving embrace, sated by their lovemaking, they slumbered until John woke and realised that it was getting late. He roused Jessie and they qu...ickly dressed before heading back to the farm.On the drive, John said, “I promise you, Jessie that I will be there for you any time you need me.”Jessie beamed. “Thank you, John. I feel that I can always depend on you.”~~~~A couple of months later, John heard what sounded like frantic knocking at the door and he opened it to see a clearly agitated,. If you know what I mean."I blushed scarlet; I'd not even considered what our behaviour would look like in the common room of a brothel. Alistair's face was equally red, and we both hurried to rearrange ourselves. I slid out of his lap and sat in the spot Isabela had vacated; he crossed his legs in an effort to hide the bulge. Leliana sat on the other side of me, and I realised that somehow Isabela had managed to push Leli off of the bench opposite us and insinuate herself between Aedan and. .." he gestured at the kitchen, but seemed to take in the entirety of the World Below.Mother Snegurochka nodded. She gathered her thoughts. This had not happened often. Usually the sacrifices knew the tales, and had some expectation of what lay on the other side of the stone."My name, as I told you, is Polina. I am sometimes called Mother or Grandmother Snegurochka."Bill teased the meaning of the word apart in his rudimentary Russian."Snow Maid?"She nodded. "I am a..a spirit of the place, I. " "Oh, hey, I know that song." Brody grinned. "From the Taco Bell commercial." Ryan laughed. "That's the one." She shook her head. "It took a long time to settle on that. When we first started in college Lara came up with a new one almost every day." "What were some of the others?" "Oh, God, I can hardly remember. I tried not to let them stick in my head. Pink Pandas was one, I think; she'd just been to the zoo for some breast cancer event and tried to combine them." She smiled at the memory..