Lots of cool stuff there, and it was all underneath this huge Banyan tree. Moira found me some batik skirts and insisted on getting them for me. I fou...d a jade frog hair clip that looked stunning in her red hair. Gary spent all of his time talking with a local wood carver.When we left the fair, it was mid-afternoon and Gary wanted to go snorkeling. Moira wasn't so sure, but I was eager to try the water, so Gary found a place to rent equipment, since I didn't have any. Gary and Moira had their. Why am I not surprised?"I'm quite capable of taking care of myself." She told him pointedly.I've had enough garbage for one night. "Have fun getting raped," Ben muttered and turned to walk away.Behind him, Lara was racking the balls. "You seem to have chased off the competition," she called out to his back. "Would you like a game?"Ben turned. She held out a cue to him, but he shook his head. "I've got better things to do." Anything else would be better than this.She put the cue back into the. Her father had been trying to force her to marry her neighbour at this country hellhole. A creepy, perverted older man with no charm to speak of. But she could break that off now – she could marry some young upstart from Luziel – or no one at all. After all, the law of the land allowed her to inherit. Why would she shackle herself to a man who would automatically control her inheritance?She looked around the homely surroundings of the cottage and cringed. No more would she have to live in these. Their eyes melted into a world far from the restaurant where they sat, these two unlikely individuals brought together by chance – and caught by fate. He saw her nakedness in the depth of black pupils staring into his – and finally – unable to resist any longer – he pressed his fingers gently against hers. She couldn’t take her eyes away – absorbed in the fluidity of seduction, drowning without even attempting to save herself. His touch was warm, inviting – she slipped her fingers, one by one,.