This door waslocked from the outside. She removed the chain, then the deadbolt,then the wooden barricade. She knocked three times and whispered, "Ib...ought what you wanted." As Kim walked away the door crept open.Larry laid upon the queen-sized bed. The rooms only light came fromthe hallway, then it went out. He was in total darkness. He feltanother person get onto the bed next to him. She breathed in his ear.Long slender fingers with manicured nails began to remove his shirt.He helped. Kris and her master sipped and nibbled while discussing her job, the arrival of spring and the failures of the leaders in Washington. The first sip of gin was bracing for her, but she appreciated the feeling as the alcohol coursed through her body.The captain returned, and Ethan again talked to him without conferring with Kris. "The lady will have the salmon and a house salad," he said with no more guidance than she'd provided earlier. "I'll also have a salad followed by the small filet, cooked. That's how they kill people." Fuck yeah!" Higgins said.Kill him, yes. Doug had no illusions there. He could see it in her cold black eyes. Kill him and maybe worse.Unless...He'd got his breath back. A sudden twist, maybe he could take her by surprise. He bunched his muscles.Nÿte looked down at him and wagged an elegant finger. She raised her other hand and opened it out flat, the palm facing downwards.Chains erupted from beneath the stone sarcophagus and whipped around his wrists and. And Georgette has been the outside observer that asks the questions we forget to ask." When do you think you'll be at the testing stage?" Soon. We're going to build a second prototype to feature the functions that the first doesn't do, then test them both. I'm hoping early May or thereabouts if all goes well. We seem to have gotten over the major hurdles now." Do you intend to show it to others ... potential investors perhaps?" Not until we're satisfied it will do what we claim and do it under.