And we’re down to eight-hundred twenty-nine millions. Bring them forward, and take all the molten gold that I called for earlier. If you know your h...story, you know what to do,” I gave very specific instructions to Laura and those in her security service.She was the top cop in the world now, after all, and she was chillingly efficient at it. That was particularly true of the executions, of course. Again, one should point out that this was a final judgment for the entire population of Planet. Nick got a good eyeful. Her body was tight. She looked like she should have been in Victoria’s Secret. Her back was to him, but even from that view, everything was in place. She bent down and picked up the dress to hang it, snapping her head around catching him standing there staring at her. ‘Nick is there something else you need?’ she turned around to face him. Her breasts were full and rounded inside her bra, and her panties were barely covering her shapely ass. She closed the small gap. How dare he ignore her calls. She had wanted to teach him a lesson, that was all. He was supposed to realize what he had been doing wrong and man up, start giving her the attention that she deserved instead of taking her for granted. Instead, he had gone dark, dropping off the face of the earth and refusing to answer any of her calls or messages. She hadn’t seen head nor tail of him since they had met at the coffee shop that day. Worse, she had seen a new car in his parking spot the last time. . yeah, you can do anything with me, any time. Not just physical too, you know?” He gave a tiny shrug and dopey smile, like joyful surrender.Surrender. It was such a horrible word, one that a Kindred would never use as anything but insult or tragedy. Kindred were lone predators; their societies and covenants were created to force cooperation, not because of it. But to see the boy just give into her so completely, honest green eyes smiling up at her, his hands on her back and almost afraid to.