She rubbed up alongside me andI immediately recognised her stripy night-dress. She handed me a longtall drink with a weird bitter taste. "Enjoy," she ...aid softening her horse voice. I took a huge gulp ofmy drink. It was incredibly dark and her cap was pulled over her faceand already my vision blurred as if stoned."Hello," I shout slurring my words but she didn't reply just dancedfeverishly, darting in and out of the crowds as if trying to hide.She moved very strangely and seemed taller than I. “Better take them of now then, hadn’t I?”Jason watched as she stepped back and took them off. “Here, taken them,” she said as she thrust them into his hand. He grabbed her and pulled her to him. “You’re one hot fucking bitch,” he said before kissing her.Closing the door behind him she turned and saw Tom in the lounge doorway watching. How long he had been there she did not know but he must have realised that her and Jason’s relationship was serious. “You don’t mind Jason moving in do you?” she. He said, “Miss Roberts, I would like to start over with you. I’m not used to being called down for my actions.”I looked at him. “Prince Asshole, you can’t start over but you can start trying to prove by your actions that you’re civilized enough for polite society. I almost quit my job this morning over having to tolerate you and you have shown me that my initial thought was accurate. It will be up to you to demonstrate enough humanity to keep me dealing with you. Had I known how toxic you were,. Like the girl on the floor.Yet more important than all these benefits was that her destiny was inevitably tied to Xul’s own projection. When he rose through the intrigue-filled courts of Mulmasa and gained the wealth and power that came with it, so did she. And she knew that for Xul Drakarth, nothing short of the mantle of Tharna’kai - King of Kings, would sate his ambition. And even that might not be enough... Xul kneeled next to the little prince, who edged backward lifting his smaller arms.