The guard at the base of McAllister's goddess-made saber met the steel guard of the straight sword as both blades ran toward each other. Guards and bl...des rang, bell-like, the sound clearly standing out above the thudding of hooves, the wind in the trees, and the snapping of pennants.After the first pass, both men wheeled quickly, toward the inside. The Jade understood what was needed without McAllister giving his reins input. That the other was riding a trained mount was not in question, and. " But is that what you want?" I just want to please you, Art."I shelved that argument for another time. "Excellent dinner, Tiarna."She beamed and ducked her head, blushing slightly; it was interesting – read erotic – to watch the blush spread from her face to her breasts. It was about then I realised taking Tia's virginity (and I never doubted her word that she was one) was inevitable. In fact, it had been almost from the beginning, but I like to kid myself.She ignored the nightie I bought; I. Binky, as everybody called her, had the group over to the house every now and then for language lessons and Vietnamese food, so they'd be exposed to it, but drew the line at going back to Vietnam herself.Even though Nguyen Binh Ky had only been seventeen when she stepped aboard that leaking fishing boat in 1978, she was thoroughly prepared to leave Vietnam behind her forever. In only a brief time, she had become thoroughly Americanized; she spoke English with only a trace of an accent -- not. Video Tape Recorder, but DVD and XD players were also patched in under that abbreviation. Hence the guy operating it was called The Tape Operator. His mother didn’t foresee this career move and had named him Gabriel. Like the angel.But over the past 27 years Gabe had proven to be anything but angelic. Not that when you’d meet Gabriel you’d find him evil, but like so many amongst you he had experimented with all kinds of substances, none really to his liking, and he was a great fan of the female.