Is getting prepped, too. We should be ready to start infifteen or twenty minutes." Dr. Tina informed her, then she walked outthe door.Almost as soon...as Dr. Tina had gone, Deb came in. Like Dr. Tina, shewas in scrubs too. "How are you doing today?" Nervous."Deb smiled. "It'll be okay. I need to get an IV started, then give yousome medication." You going to knock me out?" Tommi asked, almost hopefully.Deb shook her head. "No, we can't do that. It's a stressful operationfor the baby, and. He tried for casual, “We picked up two local pilots around five this morning.” He traced a map, “We transited Frederick Sound, Stephens Passage and ... look how narrow the Gastineau Channel is.”I held up two thongs, yellow and green. Raised an eyebrow.“Pink. I mean yellow! No, green.”I tilted my head, ‘You sure about that, honey? Yellow?”“Yes. I dunno. What do you think?” Staring, but trying not to.“I’m thinking commando. Temperature?”He grabbed a sheet, “Um, 75. Balmy!”I tossed him the thongs,. A very thick lavender rug covered the floor. In one corner was a largeVictorian white and blue painted doll house with several dolls placednearby and a hope chest. Not far from the doll house was a pink rockinghorse and next to it was a white with pink rose bush imprinted play penwith a pink pad filled with stuffed animals and foam blocks. On theother side of the room was a twin sized bed but it was a white enameledwith pink rose bush design crib. It had thin metal rails and a meshsteel top. ” Roland grinned; showing those sharp glimmering teeth that had been embedded in me the night before, and that I longed to have pierce me again. “Don’t worry; he survived the night with me. You can make this little slut do anything you want.” Artimus finally stepped into the light, and I could see the smile on his face, and the glimmer of navy blue scales; dark on top, but turning robins egg blue on his underbelly, lighten even more as they got closer and closer to the beauty I knew was hidden.