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the sudden change in the weather. This way, she would not be
able to get out of here so quickly. Of course, if the man didn't
want to come, she could always tell them upon arriving in New
York. Like
they could do something to me because of that. Choices, remember? I
did my job but it didn't pan out.
    But this storm... Lola did not like being
tricked or manipulated by the Council. However, she really did not
have any choice but to accept Marcus' hospitality.
    Her heart was beating a little faster and her
stomach seemed to have gotten pregnant with butterflies as she
thought she would be staying with this sexy man in this house-just
the two of them. Other parts of her body were responding to his
presence, too. It was like she was finally waking up from a long
hibernation. Then she realized what it was.
    Finally, sexual attraction! So this was it?
    Maybe it's just that I'm turning 25
in two days, she mused,
but with mixed feelings.
    "Are you quite sure that I won't be intruding,
Marcus?" she asked as she slanted her eyes up at him.
    Marcus felt a surge of relief that was so
powerful, his knees almost buckled under him. But he managed to
stay standing. "Oh, you definitely are not intruding! Actually, you
don't even have to see me if you don't want to. That's how much
room this place has in it."
    Lola smiled at the absurd comment. "I can't
imagine why I wouldn't want to see you, Marcus," she said softly.
"I appreciate your offer. Thank you so much. I just need to get my
suitcase from the car."
    "No, you don't need to do that. I'm going to run
out right now and get it. You've already had quite enough wet
weather for tonight. Now, stay here, and I'll be right back."
    Lola watched as Marcus went out of the room
again, this time to fetch her bags from her rented car. It was then
that she realized she really was here, with the chance to get
Marcus to trust her enough so she could tell him the truth about
himself. For some reason, she knew that telling him the truth was
the only way to convince him to come with her before the
Council.
    A wide smile started to spread across her
face.
    The Council might have tricked her, but they
certainly did not count that Lola would use the truth on Marcus and
warn him about the Council. For her, honesty had always been the
best policy and she had practiced it enough to know when someone
was ready to know the truth.
    By the looks of him, he was intelligent, and
would not easily be made to dance on strings.
    Let the Council see how they would be able to
control someone as powerful in character as well as in magical
powers as Marcus Swan.

    MARCUS ENTERED the sitting room with Lola's
suitcase. He smiled at her as he crossed the room to add another
log to the fire.
    "Please forgive me for being inhospitable, but
are you hungry? My housekeeper makes the best shrimp gumbo in the
world and she always leaves some extra for me. Would you like
some?" he asked.
    "You know, normally I would say no, but right
now, I'm just starving and that sounds delicious," Lola said as she
smiled at him.
    "Very good," Marcus beamed. "I'll just go warm
some up for you."
    After he left the room, she continued to watch
the weather on the television and realized that she would most
likely end up being trapped here for at least the next two days.
She couldn't believe that she would be spending her birthday
trapped in a strange old house with a man she didn't even know! But
it seemed she really has no choice. What would the man in question
say about it, she wondered.
    Well, she supposed as her eyes wandered around,
taking in the high beamed ceilings, half-brick walls and the wood
paneling on the wall where the detailed fireplace was situated. The
floor was tiled and rags helped in insulating the heat from the
fire. The furniture was as rustic as the interior. It was a solid
room and she knew that it showed something about the owner of the
house.
    She had gathered by now that this was where
Marcus truly lived. She could feel his