When the crazy old lady laughed, I relaxed. No fight pending, then. She was having too much fun not to follow through. Knowing there was a catch coming didn't bother me at the moment. I'd deal with it, right?
Yeah, tell yourself another one, Hayle. Because I instantly tensed again when she spoke.
Other shoe? About to make a massive thunk when it dropped.
Of course, she sent then, shocking me with her words, though the power has been Ethie's all along. Her cackling this time was almost the end of me, she sounded so damned smug.
Wait. What? No. Way. No. How? You mean I could have...
She did not just say that to me. I'm seriously going to choke you, I snarled, about to go nuclear while a massive swell of relief and exultation fought my need to wrap my hands around her neck and squeeze so
