Who kisses better, baby?

It was Wednesday night, a little after nine. It was ladies' night. Only, how was he going to ditch his step-mom?

He told the car where to go, and chewed on the problem as it drove. Compared to all the other cars on the road, this one was beyond ancient, but Eldon wouldn't trade it for the world. It had features that the other vehicles would never have.

Magic was slowly being learned here. It was still uncommon to find someone professing to use it, much less actually knowing how to use it. There were a few religions that were pushing hard to outlaw the use of magic, but they weren't doing very well at it. Magic and technology could do a lot of the same things, but magic tended to be easier to use, and people knew it.

He still didn't have a solution to ditching Areth when they pulled up to the club. He knew the bouncer outside, and walked right in. This early in the night, only a bit after ten o'clock, there weren't many people here yet.