’ Derek replied cavalierly. ‘She, my lord, is my cousin, Vivian Locke, and is the betrothed of Lord Garner.’ Derek rubbed his hair roughened c...in lazily, and glanced back at Vivian. She was curled up on the bed, panting and watched them wide-eyed. He could see the silent pleading in her eyes. ‘Is she now?’ Wendell was trying very hard to check his anger, for on hearing of Derek’s title, he realized he could ill afford him as an enemy. ‘My lord, I must take her away from this place. Lord. I cried out in terror and ran straight into the swamp moving quickly as I could across it. I glanced back and to my utter horror, the tiger jumped down from the rock and started to enter the swamp and began swimming after me. I shrieked again with terror and tried to swim as quickly as I could over to the bank on the other side. Because I was so petrified, I started to panic as the swamp water was much deeper half way across. My head went under the water and then I gasped out loud when I. Let me out, lover, before we both drown. The things we’ve seen and done unseen are now undone, and yet our story will run and run. It’s a shameful tale of nothing begun, of battles waged but never won, of slander and betrayal in the House of Fun. Can you still tell me what happy is? What is it like to have me under your skin but never feel me there? Hang your head, there’s one thing worse than being dead, as we shall doubtless see. Time and tide wait for no one, but you will wait for me.. Kara scrambled out of my lap, her knee catching me dangerously close to the family jewels in the process. I yelped and held my crotch like she had actually hit me there to cover up my much too obvious hard-on. I thought I was very clever for doing this by the way. “Oh, baby, I’m sorry!” Kara squeaked, flustered. She sat on the bench next to me and pulled me into her, rocking me like some kind of injured infant. While all this was happening, Ashley just stood there grinning like you do.