”She held out her hand and I shook it, noticing her pretty hand and long nails, painted a sultry deep red.After ordering Faye a drink, I ushered her...to a dark corner table. She giggled “Trying to hide me away in case any of your friends come in?”“Damn right I am.” She looked at me, not sure if I was serious, and we both laughed. It broke the ice nicely.We spent the next couple of hours just talking about our lives. She had been in a long term relationship, they had a child, Luke, and sadly the. So I headed back to the Tiki Hut, the line was long this time and it took about twenty minutes to get her drink. As I was walking back across the beach back to our motel and I saw Andrea talking to a guy. I slowed down my walk to give her some time, she noticed I was coming and made a gesture for me to hold on. I found some shade to stand it untill her new friend walked away and I headed over to her. As I handed her the drink I noticed my towel was off my chair. I looked around and Andrea said. Like you own the world," the strangerfumed. The enraged attitude and blatant words stunned Aidan. He always seemed like such a nice kid...The stranger, immune to Aidan's thoughts, pressed the dark-haired, pale-skinned kid face-first into the tile wall even harder. "Right now, its my turn. At this moment, this room is my kingdom. I own this world and all the people in it!" he ranted seamlessly."Now let's get someth- ARGHH," he began but grunted in surprise as Aidan elbowed his stomach."I. The mare snorted an equinecheer of encouragement to the Empress - hold fast, darlingfor ameliorated succor has arrived!Duke Cheng'thak grew his one pewter misercorde, theinternecine dagger always used by iniquitous villains. SirThwyaellum knew the misercorde was bound to be slatheredwith noxious poisons. He lunged to the side deftly as theswift weapon of his opponent slashed fiercely through thedismal, dark evening air. The birds and beasts of thefields all fell silent this night, for two.