No women around. Get away from your girlfriend.” I rolled my eyes, “Yeah, tell me about it! Things hadn’t been going great on that front for a w...ile, but no, I’m glad you’re here.” I glanced up at her eyes to find them fixed on me. I felt shy. Were we flirting like teenagers?! “Aww, well she’s lucky even if she gets on your nerves.” There was that playful, youthful, beautiful smile. We definitely were flirting like teenagers. Jackie shifted a little in her seat and reached for her coffee,. ”“Pray then dragon, for I am ready.”More hissing laughter sounded throughout the area. Alec’s eyes were beginning to water from the smoke. “Ser Alec Longstroke, I have a proposition for you.”“You can tell me, but whatever you offer, I will deny.”“My order need a human knight.”It was an odd request.“What does a beast need a knight for?”“It’s actually beasts.”Alec was intrigued. It was a reason different from what he would be expected to hear.“I will not be apart of such things.”“Even with all. Each pushing the little innuendo a little bit further, seeing what they can get away with without being toooo obvious; or dead obvious letting the other know where they’d like the evening to go. Before long the occasional touching of one’s arm or shoulder would start, chairs would be hutched closer together, more drinks would be ordered to maintain the momentum. Before long their faces would be getting closer together, each whispering their reply forcing the other to encroach on the others. She didn’t care about this so-called threat. If David had half a brain, he’d be in Mexico by now. Reece was hot for her, but beyond the most primal sex of her life, she got nothing. Talk about mixed signals. He followed her, knowing she was upset with him, knowing he had to follow through with his decision. ‘Cass, I can’t let anything happen to you.’ ‘You won’t, Reece. You wouldn’t if I didn’t mean anything to you, and you certainly won’t now.’ At his non-response, she turned and walked.