.."What was that he heard?"He...o?"It seemed to be a voice calling out for him."Hello? John?" He flinched as he heard a melodiously beautiful female v...ice. He tried to speak, but could only think."Who said that?" But to his surprise, the voice seemed to respond!"I am... Ailena. I am the forgotten Goddess of Love and Lust." The voice rang. You realised you were right: in just about every piece of history you read, you almost never heard anything about Ailena."You still exist? I've only heard. I never had a chance to pull anything off."At this, he heard gentle feminine laughter fading away from his immediate location.A fairly insistent knock started on Henry's door. Looking up, he called out, "It's open, come on in, Alice."Alice poked her head into the office and taking a deep breath, said, "Boss, it's time to make the calls again. My 'Spidey' sense is tingling like a five alarm fire and the place I want to avoid like the plague is the basin again. They are going to owe you so big. "I think I've gotten stronger Al,know that? Why don't you come and feel it, huh? Tell me what you think?"I balked. "Hey! I don't think we need to..." I'd LIKE you to. Just for old times sake." She was staring at me now.I licked my lips. "Okay. Ha ha! My, you don't have a big arm, but it surelooks nice and strong, You really DO feel that you're improving." I said,feeling like an idiot as I gingerly felt the brown sinew that she bared."Now it's your turn!" she said. "Flex now for big sister.. Wrapped around his left arm was a fiery phoenix, its wings spreading themselves around his muscular bicep and its tail running down his forearm, stopping just at his inner wrist. Her gaze dipped lower down his daresay lickable abs and a trail of dark hair below his navel that disappeared below his towel. Vixen unconsciously ran her tongue over her upper lip and squeezed her thighs shut to lock in the moisture that collected there. She bolted upright with shame at what she was.