. that just a few minutes after Mr. Jay Ballard leaves here... you decide to take a little trip... !" I don't know... wh-what you're talking about!" B...llard's a private eye... and he's working for Arnie Pearson!" he barked. "Does that jog your memory?" You're wrong!" she gasped."No, I'm not! Now, what did you tell him... ?" Nothing! What could I tell him? I don't know anything!" Tell that to Warren... when we get there!" he told her grimly. "Now... get into my car! Don't cause any commotion.... “What I wanted to know is what it would take to get you to take me to bed just once,” she said softly, laying her head on my shoulder.“We’re friends, Jackie. I don’t want to mess that up. Plus, I’m dating someone.”“I know, but you’re not steady. You told me that. Please? I promise I won’t say anything to anyone, especially not to Papiya. Will you just think about it?”“I don’t know,” I said.“I know you think I’m nice, I believe I have a great body, most guys think I’m cute, and I like doing it.. Dear God, what is happening to me? He closed his eyes for a moment, attempting to bring himself back under control. He heard a cough and opened his eyes focusing on the courtier now standing in front of him."General, allow me to present the King, and his daughter the Princess Avia." By concentrating on the King and the Princess he managed to regain a semblance of control.To his relief the golden haired woman had moved to one side out of his line of sight. He bowed first at the King. "Your. He pointed the shotgun at her head.“ ... m-mercy,” she said.He froze.She attacked.He only had time to blink before the Daeva forced herself into a tackle against him. She was practically snarling, and despite a giant chunk of her chest missing, she was still using both arms and managed to punch him in the jaw hard enough crack bone again. When his back smashed into the pavement, he let go of the shotgun, and immediately found his only hand pinned underneath one of hers.“God damn Julias Mire..