" So if you can still hear him calling you, does that mean you have to wear the ring forever now?" Calyndi's heart was pounding in her chest and her v...oice shook a little as she asked, afraid that the ring could never come off of Linki's finger."No. I was wearing it when he bit me, so he never asserted his control. He can still call to me, but when he tries to enter my mind to control me, his power just sort of fizzles. It's actually a pretty intense sensation in its own right." Linki shuddered. .. ding... ding... You rang Miss?Yes Wonda, can you please bring tea for Sasha and I.Right away ma'am.What wonderfull house servants you have here Betty.Why thank you. Good help is hard to find, but when I find someone who is special, I make sure I get them.So what shall we discuss today?Well, lets see... oh my little angle Jessica got an A in her spelling test yesturday, isnt that wonderfull?Oh it most certainly is. How proud you must be of her. My Cynthia is doing very well herself, only she. We just can't find who was behind it." she said."I'm sorry to hear that," I said."You should know your name came up in the investigation," she added.I began to wonder, if I was being played. "Oh really," I said calmly. It was a calm no one could feel, when a cop said your name came up in a murder investigation, especially if you did the deed. "Why would you look at me. I mean Mary Ellen and I knew each other. We were sorta in business together, but other than that we didn't have much of a. The club was amazing, with its night-sky décor. You saw every sort of couple possible and no one seemed out of place, except maybe me. When she approached our table, it was like the Red Sea parting for Moses. Dancers, party-goers, everyone stepped aside and let her pass. She greeted them all, giving everyone she knew, male or female, long lingering kisses. In a word, she was stunning. A woman who I judged to be in her late thirties, early forties, long hair like pale corn silk, light blue eyes.