"Let's take a #break, Revin," the Queen said, rubbing her temples, after three hours.
Suddenly the doors were thrust open and a woman, struggling to get free of the guards, said "Let me in! Let me see him!"
Revin recognized the voice and spun.
"Tiny! What's happened?"
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Over sherry, Clara snatched out a charming #periwinkle handkerchief & sneezed into it. Orrie envied her cute, girlish sneezes; so unlike her own that were more like a rhinoceros.
"Bless you, my dear! Are you allergic to something?"
"Only phoenix feathers," she said.
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"You!" she hissed.
"The same!" Revin said with a bow.
She charged him, fists raised, when Grip plucked her up from behind, struggling and squealing, and tossed her over his shoulder.
"Now, now, Miss Hart. You should have been able to #predict I'd be here too," he laughed. #vss365
After Aimee left, he fell into a profound #reverie. Tseluna put her arm around him.
"You're right," she said. "She does. I've you weren't so dense, you'd have noticed before."
"Stop reading my mind!" he said. She tousled his hair.
"You're so cute when you're angry."
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"The biggest I can make?"
The teacher nodded.
He closed his eyes, conjured up as much energy as he could, and then spoke the word of power. He heard gasps. When he looked up, he was #awestruck to see a ball of fire larger than the school ascending like a second sun.
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He awoke with an erection. Eyes still closed, he indulged himself with an erotic fantasy.
"That's quite an #imagination you have," she purred.
"Don't read my mind, if it bothers you," he said, shifting his fantasy so it included her.
"Oh! You're disgusting!" she spat.
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He felt a blow on his back & saw the #end of a quarrel emerge from his chest. A searing pain went through him as his strength failed & he fell over. His vision narrowed & went dark. He came up briefly when they broke it to remove. But then he was under for the duration.
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He cornered the beastkin. When she turned, he noosed her with the catchpole. She lunged at him, but by bracing the pole, she couldn't reach him. He met her eyes and saw the hate and fear reflected there.
"It's OK, little one," he said. "You're going to be OK."
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He sat on the patio & took a sip of beer. He watched the hanging nest of the #weaver bird in the banyan tree as the parents came & went. The babies must be about ready to fledge.
"Hey, Dad! Can I borrow the car? And twenty bucks?"
He sighed & reached for his wallet.
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In a panic, Leroy placed the last seal & felt it activate. He let his breath out & wiped the sweat on his forehead.
"Busy?"
A girl in miko attire with fox ears grinned down at him.
"But… You! The #barrier! How?"
"Oh, you didn't think that could stop me, did you?"
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