I turned to Adam, not caring then we cut out the master of the realm. Not because I needed him, but because I needed him. The distinct difference? Power versus personal support. And I was in dire demand of the latter. He settled at once, and I wondered if he'd in fact been anticipating our combination of power, anger smoothing out into the kind of confidence I'd come to appreciate in myself. Was it carrying a persona that put such a lift in one's charisma, that squared ...