She was remarkably sweet and naïve for a thirty-year-old woman, and heartbreakingly jaded for a woman so innocent despite her age and experience....I was compelled to protect her, to possess and cherish this virginal, yet sensual, childlike woman. For the first time in my 42 years, I understood how a man could pledge his very life to a woman.Her mind dazzled me. Our conversations were always lively. She understood and loved discussing things with me that nobody else had ever been able to.. Deciding that laying in bed was not going to help solve any of her problems, Hermione swung her legs over the edge and felt with her toes until she found soft carpeting and a firm surface to stand on. Slowly, wary of both traps and poorly placed furnishings, she rose to her feet. As she did so, lights in the ceiling began to glow and slowly brightened until she could see her surroundings. The room she found herself in was so strange that she had to sit back down for a moment. The chamber was. I felt a grin spread across my face and waved back as they all said goodnight to me. Diane gave me a quick thumbs up, then just as we turned the corner, it looked like she wiped her eyes. Luke“Let me just get out of my shining armour, m’lady.”“Oh, my! Sir Knight, it seems you have been divested of it on the long hard fight to your castle,” Tina said, putting her hand over her mouth in faux surprise.I had to laugh, she had such a sharp mind. She still had a hand behind my neck, when I leant in. We crossed paths as I was heading into the kitchen and she was walking back from the bathroom. “Having fun?” I asked. “Yeh, its going well don’t you think?” “So, any of the guys take your fancy?” “Not really Mia, they still act like a bunch of horny teenagers. It gets a bit annoying and repetitive. I want something more exciting.” She gave off a cheeky laugh and poured an extra large measure of Vodka in my glass. “You know that they are a bunch of horny teenagers though.” I replied.