We arrive at the Emery's where Mrs Emerywelcomes us all, telling Karen's mum that she will see her on Sundayevening when she brings the girls home. We... say thank-you for the lift andwave good-bye as Karen's mum drives off.We enter the Emery's house, I see Paula, who is wearing a pink mini-dressand white heels, so I drop my bags and rush over and hug her. 'Hiya, sexy'I whisper to her and then we are immediately into a prolonged french-kiss.I love the taste of Paula's lipstick and the smell of her. I glanced down the hill. Light flared from Ealaín as she battled the Paragon. Greta was down. I wanted to help her, too. But the aoi si was there. She was as skilled a fighter as Sven.“Okay,” I agreed and ran down the slope, focusing on the mage. I leaped. Energy surged into the body, Aingeal enhancing us. We soared over the chaos.Wind buffeted us. It hit us from all directions. Power surged from Aingeal. She cursed as I struggled to keep control of the proxy. We spun, the mage attacking us. She looked apologetic, as did Elaine. Which did me little good, of course."But what am I going to do?" I wailed. "I'm going to be the butt of every dog joke for the rest of my high school career. When someone asks about me as a date the answer will be that I'm 'a real bitch' or, if I'm lucky, just 'she's a dog, ' or worse, 'a dog's lunch.' The only club that'll accept me will be the kennel club. I'll probably be known as 'Fido' from now on!"Pushing off from the doorway where she'd been leaning,. This could be the guy.Entering the cabin, Phelps seized his binoculars and, from the security of his hidden position, focused upon the woman once again through a tiny vented window. Ah, God. This one was superb! Who was she? Was she alone at the hotel? The woman's bathing suit was tasteful, even understated, but her behavior at the pool had seemed subtly seductive. There were no men nearby who could be seen admiring her, but Phelps knew that behind the darkened plate glass windows near the pool.