Chapter 23

I was grateful that Lance slept through my return to the bed.  It was his habit to want sex upon awakening and I was not in the mood to do much more than brood over the information that  had just been sprung on me.

What I wanted more than anything was to go into blissful oblivion, but I thought for sure that my brain was too busy mulling over the heavy load it carried to allow sleep to take over.  When I arose late the following morning to discover that my husband had long ago awakened and begun his day, I was surprised.

My head felt rejuvenated, but I was still troubled by the information that I’d been burdened with. I needed to know more about this other magical group of people whose genetics I carried.  With just the little that I did know, much of my level of abilities was explained to me. 

My parents were of good magical stock.  So good, in fact, that Marduke coveted their abilities.  Add that to Jeremiah’s mag