<h4>Chapter 113 Chapter 113 Sudden Pain</h4>


    "Oh please," she brushed her; "Now you''re just gassing me up."


    "Like hell? You''d better spill Cee Cee, because I know your crazy arse has something cooking right now."


    Selina blushed;


    "Okay okay, you got me." she pursed her lips; "So. . .I met someone recently. . ."


    The other woman''s eyes went wide open;


    "Wait, you mean like ''met-met?''" she asked mischeviously.


    "Yep. His name is Ni Yang."


    Madeline cuckooed like a pigeon;


    "I knew it! I knew it! At least I now know why your ass has gotten so much bigger. . .it''s definitely not from eating oats. . ."


    "Maddie!" she howled withughter stringing in her eyes; "I promise you it''s not like that!"


    "Oh yeah? It''s like what? You know what, don''t even tell me," she raised her palm yfully; "I''m not interested in whatever freaky shi* the both of you have going on."


    Selina howled.


    It was like the old days. Like they were both teenagers again. It was textbook associative regression.


    "So what''s his name?"


    "Well, his name is Ni Yang and he''s an alchemist by trade. He''s so innovative and full of all these revolutionary ideas! Like, he''s got so much going on for someone so young. . ."


    Madeline''s gossip hungry eyes flicked wide open at thest word;


    "Young? Okay Cee, I see you, I see you," she said with a mischievous grin; "You got your cougar thing going on for you huh?"


    "Oh get your head out of the gutter M. I promise you, it''s not like that. I was in the office not too long ago, and my manageres in saying there''s some dude trying to sell something. So, I dismiss it right away as some street peddler, but Nicus encouraged me to give it a chance. . .so I took a meeting right? And ended up meeting the finest, and most intelligent young man ever. . .we spoke. . ."


    Mrs. Russell watched her best friend closely as she narrated.


    It wasn''t just her words.


    Selina''s usually ice cold face was bright and colorful. Her eyes danced, and her hands gestured passionately as she recanted the ordeal. With the way she borated each scene, it was more than evident that she had reyed them over and over again in her head.


    Her expressions, and tones bounced between excitement, tion, and arousal. Her bodynguage was- well, electric.


    Madeline listened to her friend with the flickering mes in her eyes. She could not say ''Ni Yang'' without blushing like a schoolgirl.


    ". . .I''m telling you Maddie, meeting him and having that conversation with him was the most interesting thing that''s ever happened to me in a pretty long while!"


    She stopped- heart beating like she was on a debate team, and eyes wide like she was trying to hold on to the memory.


    "Gee," Mrs. Russell exhaled; "I gotta tell you, your face lights up whenever you say his name. You''re pretty taken in huh?"


    "I don''t know- you think I am? Could this be all in my head?"


    Madeline assuaged her; "Oh I don''t think so. You''re the most clear minded person I know. So, I''m pretty sure he''s every bit as phenomenal as you say. I mean, I haven''t met the dude yet, and yet you made me feel like I''m already in love with him."


    Selina giggled, triggering a rich jiggle of her humongous breasts.


    "Oh, I don''t know Maddie. I''ve be so transactionaltely. It could be also be the fact that there''s a promise of booming business ahead"


    The beautiful blonde rolled her eyes;


    "Oh please, look at your face. I wouldn''t be surprised if you actually tracked this guy downte at night, just to get dicked down like the whore that you are."


    Selina''s eyes went round in shock.


    "What the fuck M?!" She eximed; "Your mouth could do with a little freezing once in a while!"


    Eyes glistening, she answered her friend naughtily;


    "Freeze my mouth? Please Selina, save that freaky shi* for the bedroom. . ."


    "Oh hell no!"


    Selina lunged herself at Russell. The two of them rolled in the grass like children, tussling under the warm rays of the morning sun, gradually leaning into, and rekindling their dynamic that had been on a ten year break.


    Suddenly, a sharp pain struck through the lower part of Selina''s abdomen. She yelped, and broke away from the yful tussle. Whimpering like a puppy, she huddled over in a fetal position- covering her belly with both her hands.


    "Cee Cee?" Madeline sat upright in the grass.


    With a look of concern on her face, and with caution dotting the edges of her eyes, she inquired sincerely;


    "Are you alright? Did I hit you somece?"


    But Selina didn''t answer her- not in words anyway.


    She growled in pain, clutching her belly, and rocking herself to and fro on the carpet grass.


    "Oh no," Understanding shed in Madeline''s eyes; "It''s happening again isn''t it?"


    Selina moaned.


    "Gee I''m so sorry Cee Cee, I shouldn''t have asked you to use your ice magic. It''s the side effects kicking in isn''t it?"


    She reached out and ced a hand on her shoulder; "Here, let me help."


    "No. . ." Selina managed to mouth in between growls; "Ice elixir. . .not side effects. . ."


    The lines around Madeline''s eyes tautened;


    "Ice elixir?" she repeated slowly- trying to recall what she had heard about it.


    In truth, she hadn''t paid too much attention to that part of Selina''s story. She had been too busy soaking up the juicy details.


    Squeezing her friend''s shoulder inmiseration, she mumbled empathically;


    "I''m so sorry. . .what can I do to help?"


    "Uhm nothing," Selina rasped; "Just. . .just give me a sec. . .it''ll pass. . ."


    "Okay, but I really think you should see my doctor. At least, consider it. . ."


    ---------------------------------


    After dropping Selina off at her office, Mrs. Russell boarded her carriage that had been waiting for her.


    "Where to mydy?" the bearded driver asked as he held the door open for her.


    Madeline''s emerald colored dress rustled as she adjusted herself in the cushioned seats;


    "Take me home."


    "Yes mydy."


    Silently, he shut the door - and silently mounted the driver''s seat. His huge body rocked the frame of the ck carriage as he sat down. Cradling the whip in one hand, he curled it above his head in a wicked arc, and brought it down hard on the two big horses.


    They neighed, and broke into action.


    As the horse drawn coach wheeled into the streets of the city, Mrs. Russell watched from the window the afternoon city life unfold.


    Seated there, armsid out on herps, and back upright against the soft padding, she looked every inch like an aristocrat.


    But on the insides, Madeline wasn''t exactly feeling so regal. From within, deep at the bottom of her core, she felt the swelling waves of mana churning in her. It burned with an energy so pronounced, she was starting to feel like it was a mistake to have taken the carriage. She should have walked- or maybe even ran?


    Her feet tapped restlessly on the floor board.


    Her fingers twitched relentlessly.


    And her eyes kept dancing.


    But it wasn''t just energy, it was a deep renewing flow of mana that was steadily gushing like the streams of a river.