She was completely naked, her sling and loincloth lying beside her, clear of the sand.Slowly, Caden peeked around the corner, his cheeks starting to w...rm as he beheld her nude form. She was so lean and sleek, the delicate mosaic of her scales reflecting the bright sunlight, making them shine like her skin had been coated in lamp oil. Caden had never seen a woman so exposed before, and if he had, it wouldn’t have looked anything like this. There were parts of her that were so familiar, so human,. It would be hard to say who was most scared. Michaela knew that her virgin purity, was about to be besmirched as a final punishment; she would have to restart her novitiate, if she stole again she would be expelled. As an impure person, she would have no chance of marriage, she would end up doing this for ever. She knew she had to stop her stealing if she humanly could. Michael was aware that he was about to break his vow of celibacy, he would have to starve and punish himself thoroughly after.. "No we believe he's the guy that set the fire," Deputy Stein said coming over and observing the body, "That's Parks we've been looking for him for some time." I just talked to the harbor patrol," another deputy said, "They say that the Aphrodite's Pleasure is about 2 hours away?"Looking at Stein, Cox said, "The helicopter should get us to the docks in plenty of time, why don't we go tell them it's over?" According to this sign," Carol said stepping next to her Dad, "it's not over."Cox looked. Why don't you go check it out?”Jessica feigned reluctant acceptance of the suggestion, “Really mom! With chaperones and everything? I'll go but leave me the DVD player in case I get bored and go back to my cabin early.”When her parents headed for their cabin, Jessica wandered around the stores, window shopping and people watching. She stopped at the clothing store, idly leafing through the size twos and pulled out a red dress with an exotic neckline. Taking it into the dressing room, she.