Perhaps as soon as he had heard that the Conclave had convened." Yes, which is information he had no business knowing!" Doran thundered. "Damn Gronnus... traitorous hide! Perhaps we should have deposed him when we had the chance." That would have bought us nothing. The damage was already done by that point."Doran paused, then uttered a long sigh. "So what does that leave us with, Roquan? What are our options?" You have not been listening to me. I said, we have nothing." He gestured in annoyance. ”He waited until she sat cross-legged, and continued, “We have received intelligence that the FBI raided the facility where you were working undercover, and took down the perpetrators. I understand the spur to going in was your failure to report back. They suspected you had been unmasked and, at a minimum, detained. They found no trace of you, but are still searching. As you are here, and not there, they will be unsuccessful in finding you, alive or dead, unless one of the terrorists admit to. I want to slowly trace a path up your legs, inside your thighs until the palms of my hands graze over the zipper of your jeans. I want to feel you swell with desire as my palms gently massage you, the pressure of my caress increasing with desire. I want to hear you sigh as I unbutton the jeans and slowly – very slowly – pull the zipper down. I want to cherish the moment right before I am able to touch you – skin upon skin – as I feel you twitch with want beneath me. I want to feel my whole body. After a wash with something special I could no longer smell the burnt hair.The text messages had been coming in one after another while I was in the chair. Many of them were from friends inquiring about my condition. The most important one was from Jenny, "Investigation to start in the office meeting room at one. County and State detectives will be here. Cindy has left to pick up Crash. What are we going to do with him?" Good question, maybe he will stay with us in the extra bedroom for a day.