Yes, Marie was wearing one huge victorious smile on her lips. She raised her arms in victory. However she knew there was much more work to be done but...she also knew she was coming closer to her “dream” she set out to accomplish.As she put on clothes, she told herself it was a start. She stayed in her bedroom to let it all simmer down for the time being. She had no idea what he was thinking and hadn’t thought about that as of yet.Regardless, Marie was more then happy with what she had initially. Lucy stopped in front of Catherine and offered the tray, Catherine took a glass and raised it to her mouth and took a sip. Lucy started to turn but Catherine put her hand across Lucy’s body to stop her, she dipped her finger into the wine and then slowly placed the finger on Lucy’s nipple. She slowly moved her finger around the nipple covering it all in wine before lowering her mouth and sucking on it.“Go and serve Robert, then put the tray down and return to me, slave,” commanded. .. And I probably need to face it anyway. I can’t stay away forever, much as I might like to.”“Aedan ... I’m scared. I may understand him, but it still hurts.”“He won’t be anything but polite, I promise. And you’ll have me, Zev, and Alistair there with you.”I sighed. “Fine ... fine. I have to go pack; we need to leave the day after tomorrow if we’re to make it in time!”Packing an entire noblewoman’s wardrobe takes a ridiculously long time, it turned out; poor Maeve enlisted the help of four. ”“How bad was I hit?’“One in the shoulder and one in the chest. It was a small caliber bullet that was deflected by a rib which caused it to miss your heart.”“Will I live?”“Oh yes, we do have an investment in you and are making sure that you do.”“How is Kelly?”“She is sitting here by your bedside and you will see her when you wake up. You should know that with this increase in brain power we gave you one of the things we didn’t bother to mention was that it has a side effect of increasing the.