Mark?s father then took hisseat. ?Wow,? I thought, ?I can see where Mark learned how to be theperfect gentleman?.Another first for me was that Mark?s ...amily said grace before Sundaydinner. We never did that, although when I remarked about it later toMom, she told me that we used to when I was small, but not after my Daddied. While Mr. McCowan prayed, the family all held hands around thetable. During the prayer, I peeked to my right at Megan and wassurprised to see her peeking at me too! So I. She could feel his eyes on her once again so she turned her head and their eyes met. It was like magic: the room seemed to fall away from her and all she saw was the handsome stranger and his smile, a short distance across the room. Their eyes were locked on each other's for what seemed like an eternity until she mouthed the word, "Hi."He shook his head and his smile deepened. A warm blush appeared on his cheeks once more, which surprised her. A handsome man like him blushing because of her? He. When I blew the smoke out I laughed and said, “I thought he was going to kiss me”. There were a few chuckles and then Wes grabbed my head the same way again and when I turned and started to suck thinking he was going to be blowing smoke, he planted his lips on mine and stuck his tongue in my mouth and French kissed me deeply. I pulled back and said “wow” and Wes said, “You mean like that”? I said, “yes, exactly like that”. He kissed me a second time with one hand squeezing my ass and the other. But ... but the Masquerade is more important than Jack, or you, or I.”He nodded. “I’ll keep that in mind.”They both looked down. Yes, Antoinette had just given her sheriff permission to kill Jack if it was the only way to save the Masquerade. Of course, while modern technology was a curse, it was also a useful tool. If yet another swarm of crows was seen in the city, the Prince and the Invictus had stories in place to prevent the media from spinning it into something supernatural. But then,.