You know of whom I speak; you know his name, though many of you have forgotten your debt."You remember that the lord Iosoan of the Hai Lei brought pea...e to your land twenty-six years ago. You think of him as a kind and gentle ruler, fair and just and true. He is all those things, yes. But also terrible, powerful and cunning. In the ease and comfort of your lives, you forget what came before. You forget that two years before Iosoan's reign of peace began, he rose up amid the clash of armies. He. " Thank you."She moved back to the bar, and the men were now talking between themselves, all bent over the table, hushed voices even though they spoke in their tongue. She became suspicious as the men would look over to her then go back to their discussion. Marie was long enough in the tooth that she knew when men were discussing her.She pretended to be watching the TV with the rest of the pub brushing it off as male banter no matter how childish it was.Marie caught them looking over again,. .' Thinking that if I did so Daniel would be exhausted and I would be able to go, I acquiesced and slowly raised my hands and placed them around Daniel's sweaty shoulders. Daniel adjusted his grip by sliding his hands up my sides and under my back gripping my shoulders so tight that our chest was now mashed together. My knees pressed back to my shoulders, I was folded up so that my butt was slightly up off the bed. I had twisted my face away turning to my right as Daniel snuggled the left side. I demanded, "What the hell is wrong now!"Tatiana answered, "Jack, President Putin is waiting for Ben in his room."I replied, "What the hell is he doing here?"Banzai suggested, "We won't know unless we get back to my room before he leaves."I take over pushing Banzai while Masha and Tatiana start clucking like a pair of hens...Flashback – Ben – At the hospitalDamn, it was funny as hell being the 'fly on the wall'. Masha and Tatiana often forgot that I spoke and understood Russian. Yeah, Jack.