My face has a red angry handprint but there’s no anger here now because it’s faded and been replaced with something else, a passion, and one that ...hould never be underestimated. You’re kissing me hard now and I’m kissing you right back as if my life depends on it. My hands, they claw at you as if they can tell you something I never could. Amid the frenzy I still find a moment to savour the taste of your mouth, it might make me smile one day when I recall it. Tears that still fall have found. "I'm still here," I said in a dull monotone, remembering that she was not exactly welcoming when I knocked at her door. A nameless dread rose in my soul."Oh dear," she sighed, "this isn't going well. Look, I have to apologise for that evening. I didn't know Nicola was expecting you; I thought you were another hopeful – and she had plenty of those. She had indeed set aside that weekend for you, and I messed it up."That came as a surprise! But it occurred as quickly that she was with Terry when. "Ah! Of course, sire. Forgive me for getting distracted. Our first order of business will be reclaiming the tower heart. The heroes took off with it when they killed the last lord. Without it you won't be able to generate any more power for your tower! Truly a terrible business. The good news is that it's just close enough to us that I can use the last bit of leftover energy to teleport you to a nearby tower gate. From there it should be a simple matter to retrieve the heart." Gnarl had been. Suddenly I heard female voices approaching along the path. I jumped into the bushes and peeped out. Two young women aged around 19 rounded a bend in the path. When they were a couple of feet from me, I jumped out of the bushes and stood wanking in front of them. They stopped dead, they gasped, their eyes wide with surprise. After a few seconds of silence, they burst out laughing. My heart was pounding, I was trembling with a mixture of fear and excitement as they shouted insults, they called me.