She was glad he bumped into her and smiled as he whispered to her. She did not take her eyes off him, "Ditto Always. Thank you for tonight. You will always be my shadow."<br/><br/>Her father drove her home and she was not permitted to see him. Her family thought Sage was no longer important to Carla. She never mentioned him for months. In truth, she kept tabs on him through friends she made in the thieves guild. They were underlings, young kids that she gave locks from her father's business, to practice with. She arranged coded messages in his native language and a dictionary. Writing at first was tedious. After several months it became easier.<br/><br/>With a year, Sage's older brother, Riffus was discovered living with a guild member that moved to the City. In fact, Ruffus's master lived across the street. Carla hated the man and did not like how he treated Ruffus. He was rough with Ruffus and spoke gruffly to him. Ruffus and Sage had the same mouth and facial bone structure. Ruffus was taller with a large physic and muscle tone. She feared to get close to man and Ruffus. She told Sage about them. He father had an arrangement with the Master.<br/><br/>She started college in the Fall and sent word to her father she wanted a bodyguard. It turned out  that the man that was orginally hired was ill. The only one available was Sage. She chose the college? that was on the other side of the city. Her father had no business in the area.<br/><br/>It was a rainy morning and everything was going awry. The hot water pilot light went out. The coffee pot overflowed because the pot did not reset right. The electricity went out and she was in darkness. The day was full of classes, club meetings, and she needed to change the time of one class. It was 8:00 a.m when a rapping was heard on her fifth-floor apartment.