’ I looked at the darkened topiaries hesitantly. I had heard that the gardens at this particular home were spectacular at any time of the day. I had...not been able to wander the maze yet and I had longed to have such a quiet solitary moment. ‘Just show me the way.’ I said eagerly. I followed her into the juniper entrance. In the gardens, alone deeply lost, she had kissed me in a way I believed only the Holy Mother could manage. It was tenderness that I had longed for and dreamed about through a. At home it's the simple life for me, just my wife, children and an ordinary job. Nothing fancy for me." he said laughing. "Here though, I have a war to fight. We need to make sure all the men are as ready as they can be. I reckon we've got a few days at most, perhaps not even that." How do you think that?" asked Ganlan."Well, he knew the way, they will be back-tracking the slavers route, they will have to go through each village, and finding no one there move on to the next. Hopefully they will. "You don't sound it." Kyle stated. "Well, I'm from America." Oh, well, at least you're not a Transylvanian," Steve interjected."What? Why?" Inga inquired due to the striking irrelevancy of hiscomment."They valk like vis," Steve answered. "No they don't. You sound like Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing," Louisstated as he overheard the conversation. "I'm telling you, sir, Transylvanians speak like that." "They don't speak English, so it doesn't sound like that," Louiscountered. "I'm telling you it. ”As he spoke, he was sliding up closer to me, and even leaning into me a bit, such that I could feel the bulge in the front of his pants against my side, causing my eyebrows to raise slightly.“Oh, yeah?” I said. “And what’s so special about this private airline you represent? Why would I want to work for them?”As we talked, Wayne was almost enveloping me in his presence. One of his legs was up on the foot rail of my bar stool, and he was leaning an elbow on the bar as he stood behind me, almost.