Lisa looked at him.?Feeling better now?? he asked her. Lisa nodded. ?Would you like a drink of water?? Lisa nodded again. He walked over to a sink ...n the corner of the room and filled a glass with water. When he reached her he put the glass to her lips and she drank thirstily. ?Thank you?.Sir? she said. He put the empty glass down. He lifted her chin and looked directly into her eyes, she looked into his, she saw something in his eyes she hadn’t seen before, they looked softer, kinder. You don't book passage to the Sand Isles just any time you want. The sailings are infrequent, and the Jessian States, the governing entity that rules across the isles, is somewhat suspicious of Arborians from outside the isles.What fears we had of sailings and schedules were removed in short order by Cord Ambrul, and reinforced by Wick and Cap shavrom, who both came out of semi-retirement to organize and equip their fleet's flagship vessel, the Pride of Beletara."Bel will treat you well." Wick. She gave Ronda a close look and grinned, tellingTrinity, "You marked her already. I have to wonder if she marked you."That caused Trinity to blush while Ronda hid her face in shame atrecalling that morning's, "Fun".The teasing over, she introduced herself, "My name is Anita Dupree. Mygood friend Trinity tells me that you are having trouble with her usingher 'little friend' this morning. She's concerned that you might dosomething that you'll regret- like trying to cut it all off. It's notworth. As we reached the end of the beach the sun was about to set and the sky had turned to a brilliant orange. He held me by the waist pulled me closer the silence was magical and we broke into a kiss.. The kiss was long and passionate as we savored each other's lips.. We turned more face to face as he help me at my waist with both hands and the kiss continued.. As we broke out of the kiss, he playfully tried to pull my skirt down.. But he failed.. I gave him a look which said dare to try it.