She let out a soft gasp as Fredrick lowered his lips to graze her collarbone and then kissed up the soft line of her neck. ‘Fredrick!’ she whimpe...ed, her head falling back to expose more of her supple skin to him. Her hands skimmed up his chest and neck to run through his hair and muss up his structured style. ‘Claudette?’ a feminine voice rang out from somewhere in the gardens, ‘Claudette where are you? The picture is going to begin!’ Mamette shouted amongst the bushes. ‘We should go in,’. Previously when I shared a bed with a lady for the first time, there often was that ‘invasion of space’ or privacy factors at play, which hinder quality sleep. With Kaleigh, however, I awoke slightly before my wristwatch alarm went off at 4:40ish in the morning, feeling great and refreshed.The first thing I did when I woke up was check on two things. The first was obvious, Kaleigh was indeed in my bed, sleeping like a baby ... a very peaceful naked baby. The second really became moot after. We outclass them in training, weaponry and armor. Melodart makes chain mail. He brought his entire store across with us. Longview has no need of mail armor. It is wooded so leather and shorter weapons work better. The hardened leather will repel a knife edge or even a short sword. It will not stand up to a long sword. Seni will provide more information on what we face once we get there. We'll adjust the plan as needed once we have more intelligence. It's why Lippit is crucial to this endeavor.. The men ain’t finished their washin and swimmin’ jus yet.’ He raised his pale eyebrows to emphasise his meaning. Isabella imagined the fuss a woman could cause arriving unannounced upon a group of naked sailors. ‘Thank you for the warning, Simon. Please tell the captain that I would be delighted to join him and his officers for a light breakfast.’ She emphasised the word ‘light’ and Simon immediately understood her meaning. ‘Would you please let me know when the deck is suitable for a lady to.