Nate stood aside as 'Roy' went around him to run back towards the ship. Nate took a moment to switch back to his human form and tugged on his pants and shirt. Then he noticed a lovely woman struggling to climb out of the back of a boat onto the dock. She seemed very shaky, so he moved to help her."Thank you," she said with a slight moan."No problem. I'm Nate Walker," he said, enthralled by her beauty and her scent. She was a Succubus!"Camila Villamor. Help me, please," she said gesturing to the end of the dock. They saw Sigrid and Marisa with their hands on the side of the ship pushing outwards to maintain a wider gap between the dock and the ship. Roy reached down and pulled a man from the water. He laid him out on the dock and Nate gasped at the wound on his shoulder. Blood spurted, and Nate cried out again when the red furred beast moved his mouth to the wound. Was he biting him?"Calm yourself. Roy is healing him, sealing the wound," Camila explain

"Until you can do it without the visual aid and it's second nature, stick to real clothes if you are going to hang out with Humans as no one can afford a constantly changing wardrobe. You need to maintain a fixed set of clothing. I've been doing this long enough that I keep a wardrobe set in my mind." "Right!" he nodded. That made sense to him. They made their way down to her car for the drive to work. As she drove, she glanced over at him to catch him admiring her. "I have another question for you," she said. "And I want you to think carefully before you answer. The Council may ask you the same question, and you'll need an honest answer." Nate was still feeling a little nervous about meeting this group, but he nodded to her. "Shoot." "What do you want out of your life now that you're aware of your true self?" Nate's eyebrow rose. "What do I want?" "Yes, what does your life look like to you now? How do you envision your life going forward? Give it some thought." Camila concentr

Nate winced and shook his head. "I might have burned a bridge last year. The night I discovered what I was I went to the boss' Hallowe'en party. She got a little frisky, and I let her take me to bed. Incredibly dumb move but I wasn't at my best that night. The next day at work when I tried to tell her we should keep things professional, she blew up and fired me. It was quite the scene. Since then, she's made it her life goal to blackball me with every ad agency and marketing firm in New York. I get jobs at smaller places, but none have offered me anything long term." "If you can maintain a professional attitude in the workplace, I have friends in a few larger firms. I could put in a good word and probably get you an interview," Sigrid said. He smiled broadly at her. "Lesson learned. I definitely can. That would be wonderful!" Sigrid smiled. "Give me your cell num- " She stopped when she saw Camila shake her head. "OIetha probably took his cell from him when she grabbed him," the C

Henry was floating high above the earth again. He watched the globe spin slowly by beneath him and was awed by its beauty. Here and there he saw flashes of lightning leaping through the clouds, and after a while, he began to see a difference in how the lightning moved in some storms. A few storms seemed to be directing where the bolts went. He never saw their fingers of electricity spreading horizontally. Always channeled down the side of the thunderheads to strike the ground, the ocean surface, or another nearby thunderhead. Their bolts were wider as well, blue-white beams of supercharged energy.He moved closer to a couple of these 'battling clouds' over the plains in the middle of... Kansas? From this high up, Henry's ability to tell where exactly he was, was poor at best. He saw they were over farmland and in the far distance to the south he saw the signs of a small town, still enjoying the sunlight.He moved closer to the clouds and watched them rumble at each other, pushing and

Camila watched him go with a sad little frown. She looked to Sigrid who was standing at the window. She saw her friend wave to someone outside and give a thumbs up.Sigrid looked to her. "The security team is here." She pulled her cell out to quickly check in with Meixiu to see how Henry was doing. She hit send and watched the screen with a smile. Meixiu got such a thrill from receiving them and always responded instantly- except this time. Her smile dimmed. The second text failed to get a response, so she tried calling her cell. No answer. Odd. Very odd.She called her home number, and no one answered. The hairs on the back of her neck began to stand up. "Something's wrong at home." Camila gave her a questioning look. "Meixiu isn't answering texts or the phones. That doesn't happen."Camila took out her cell and pulled up Roy's number. Henry's immediate safety took precedence over chasing down a leak in his department.She stared at Sigrid as a sudden th