, despite the ongoing blockade. They demanded to be let go at once since they were southerners and knew we were as much rebels as they were even thoug... they had been traveling on a Yankee ship. They could not believe we would take advantage of their situation. One even used the word “chivalry.” I choked back a laugh as I scratched my balls, deciding what order I would take them in and thinking about positions and restraints.I ignored their entreaties and introduced Buck as my first mate and. "Niko? Ivy what the hell is going on?" Disbelief and anger colored Coles voice as his eyes bore into Ivy."Don't you take that tone with her Cole." Growled Nikolai. "This whole mess is my fault and I fully take the blame and any ass kicking you feel like dishing out." Nikolai said as he ran his hand through his recently disheveled hair."Wait. You two know each other?" Ivy said in confusion as she hopped down from the counter."Of course we do. Niko and I are friends, not to mention he's your. " Even you have traces of it. You have been worried that I want Cathy, haven't you?"I barely nodded. "You two are stupid sometimes. It is obvious to all of us that you and Cathy have eyes for no one else, yet both of you are jealous of anyone even speaking to the other." Is it that obvious?" Yes, Alan. It is also bloody obvious that you want to ask Cathy and haven't, that she wants you to ask and is worried that you haven't and both of you are miserable. Why not tell her you can't afford it?. "You really should, it would make her so much prettier."We were in a comfortable lounge, part an area called The Sapphos Retreat, which was composed of a number of rooms and resplendent with Grecian architecture and furnishings. The place seemed to be constructed with a lot of white marble, statues of mythical nymphs, and flowing silk curtains in bright colors. The women sat on large pillows or low divans arranged around Persian carpets embroidered with romantic themes of female lust. Handsome.