It was a warm afternoon in Paris, the low autumn sun shone lightly onto Jake’s back. Pulling his sunglasses off his face, he met Lucy’s eyes with ... fierce twinkle. She hadn’t seen Jake for weeks, and it had been no secret how horney the two of them were getting. Suitcase dumped, Lucy grabbed him by the hand, wanting to show him her new favourite sex shop. Lucy had always thought that the best part of exploring a new city is the freedom you get from knowing nobody, and happily walking around. ‘Either Luke or ‘boss’.’ He shrugged. Mandy sighed. ‘Luke it is then.’ ‘And I shall call you, Mandy?’ Mandy nodded in agreement. ‘There now!’ she said with satisfaction. ‘That’s one thing settled any way.’ She reached forward to pick up her mug and sat sipping the hot beverage. Luke sat there watching her for a moment, she had the most perfect, little and delicate hands he’d ever seen. The nails were neatly filed down to an acceptable length, and the nail polish that she wore was a pale pink,. “I hope I didn’t make a huge mistake.” In all seriousness, Cat looked at me with a frown once Clarissa was far enough away.“You made your decision. I agreed to abide by it,” I replied.“I know. Thanks for letting me choose. It’s hard but I can’t help but see her as a threat.”“You know, you have the option of using Leonard’s Greater Boon to become Inhuman like her.”“Then I will have to kill to live. I can’t be like that. Even if she says she only hunts rapists and betrayers. Killing is still. As I opened the shower door, I said to Civia, “I’ll do you first,” after which we proceeded to do the usual buddy-system wash.The other duos had exited, and I was washing my belly while Civia was washing my back, when she suddenly stopped and threw her arms around my waist and hugged herself hard to my back. I could feel her crying against me, so I gently worked myself around within her arms so that I could wrap her in mine. I knew why she was crying, so just held her and tucked her head on my.