She had seen pictures of him, but to see him here, almost real life made her shudder. ?Hello Ebony? The English voice made her quiver. ?Well done for ...aking it so far without disobeying any rules?? She shivered again. How could he possibly know that? Was he so sure of her total submission? Or had he been watching and made this recording only a few minutes before. She felt the wetness starting between her legs. ?I will be with you shortly Ebony so make yourself comfortable with the implements I. We can ask her. The boss, hell I don’t know. Why don’t you try to do what you can for them while I have a look around?’ ‘Please don’t leave me,’ I begged. ‘Hang on honey, I need to know where we are so we can decide what to do next. We might not have the luxury of hanging around waiting.’ Martin left the wreckage of what had been an airplane while I checked in on the blonde. Smyth had suddenly become a blonde to me. I hoped she wouldn’t be a liability. Oh hell, it’s probably jealousy, I. Where did the body go?’ Francesca looked where his finger pointed and saw that the video footage of the master lab had continued playing and the body was indeed gone. She ordered the footage to play backwards at high speed and gasped before ordering it to resume normal speed playback. On the screen, the body of Ignatz flailed wildly and then, shakily, struggled to its feet. Slowly, uncertainly, he walked out of the lab. ‘Oh void,’ Francesca breathed. ‘This should not be possible,’ Stepen. Marcos knew he thought she was only his age. Not a six hundred year old former vampire trained to the razors edge of lethality. He considered taking away the poison dagger she had, but figured it would only help.They walked quickly to the canal. The palace had its own barge that had been prepared for the journey. The shape was a rectangle with a shallow draft. The sides had lowered walkways for crew. The barge sat on them like pontoons and giving it an elevated center. The center.