?" he asks.I just turn with a finger to my lips and walk on. Once we are out in thecab, settled close together in the backseat he asks again. This tim... Iput my finger on his lips as I pass the address to the driver. I followup the finger with the lightest of tender lip-brushes and just thetiniest kitten-bite of his lower lip. Then I pull back before he has timeto take it further... Thank god Scott is such a gentleman despitetonight's "bit of rough" look. He sits back in his seat and. ‘You want something a little stronger in here?’ ‘If we’re going to start that, I don’t even need the coffee.’ With your naughty look-at-you-breaking-the-rules smile you pour the mug full of Ballantine’s whiskey. Thinking about it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you drink it and it’s nice to think that you keep it just for me. You put the mug in front of me. ‘What happened?’ ‘I’m an idiot.’ I don’t know why I do this. I get frustrated and I just want to come to you, get re-centered in my world,. ‘But my pregnancy changed all that. I married him against my father’s permission and moved into a small apartment in the city.’ ‘That had to be tough on you, to have such a controlling father.’ Aan shrugged away the bad feelings. ‘I have not seen my family since. Zeng Guo became my family, and then my daughter of course. She’s almost six.’ Aan smiled sadly and began to tear up. ‘We will get home,’ Dee said with quiet conviction, ‘but we must work as a team and do whatever it takes.’ Aan nodded. . but...“Where’s the map?” I asked.“Not a map, the key,” growled Theophil. Then he let out a harrumphing grump. “You don’t need me for this.”I caught his gaze, his muscular arms folded before him. “What?”“Carsina can explain it.” A smile crossed his lips. “Unless you want me to enjoy your women.”I frowned at that, but he strode out of the vault. Whatever excitement he felt was gone. Vanished.“What did that mean?” Aingeal asked.“These are Powered Armor,” Carsina said in awe. “They’re forged by.