It’s not, ah, not very mature of me.’ ‘Why?’ he asked. His voice was still calm, but those gray eyes focused on her like lasers. She was silen..., trying to figure out what to say. ‘Is it because of the profile?’ he prompted. Part of him was already on the defensive, but he kept it at bay. ‘Not because of it, exactly, but it has to do with it,’ she said, amazed she could keep her voice so even. ‘Then what?’ Dom was genuinely curious. He had missed Lani these last couple of days more than he had. He prioritized work over family. His first wife had hung in there for nearly 20 years before divorcing him. His k**s were grown and making lives with families of their own. He worried about them all. Shortly after his first divorce Don met and married Jennifer. Jen was a beautiful, vibrant and exciting woman with a healthy libido. Maybe too healthy of a libido. 4 years into their marriage Don came home early from work the catch Jen in their marrital bed fucking the married nextdoor neighbor.. S. who had refused to surrender, but generally speaking our troops who guarded the sites day and night were alert and on the ball.Eva had practically given up her carriage to move into mine and when we had to wait for materials I used some of the builders to expand my carriage almost into a bungalow complete with a bathroom and a small rear garden, then one morning the C.O, sent for me again."Sit down Jack" he said and asked Anna for two coffees,"Your work is going well Jack" he said with a. Jack opened his eyes. He was naked and lying on a large, soft bed. Black silk sheets felt luxuriously smooth against his exposed skin. He looked around and realised the bed was perfectly round. Beyond it stood a ring of black candles. They suffused the room with an intimate glow and filled the air with aromatic smoke.Nicole sat at the foot of the bed, revealed now in her true form. Her eyes were two windows into the abyss. Small jet-black horns protruded from each temple. Her naked flesh, pale.