She liked it a lot. She didn't want it to ever end. She couldn't keep back the moan when his hand finally cupped her breast and his thumb gently circl...d her rock hard nipple."Ohhh... ," she said.He leaned over and sucked her nipple into his mouth. His tongue played with it. He nipped her nipple with his teeth, not hard enough to cause pain, but to evoke a sensation of surprise. She gasped and grabbed his head, pulling it tightly to her breast."Jesus!"His hand traveled on; pausing to explore her. The city in the distance appeared to be laid out in an orderly fashion and it was largely centered about the proximity to the endless blue Ocean at their very doorstep.The abundance of seafood was the most impressive boon to the northwestern coastal cities.The only California city with a similar atmosphere was the hodge podge called San Francisco with its sheltered Bay and scenic hills favored by the rich and famous. The common folk were treated with customary rudeness by the powerful barons. “We don’t know. We haven’t seen any other sign of people being down here since it was first abandoned.”Corec nodded and touched his palm to the plate, then grabbed the door’s handle and rolled it to the right. It didn’t stick as badly as the one in the armory, and he was able to move it on his own.On the other side of the door was a hexagonal chamber. The three walls on the far side of the room each had an archway that opened into a short tunnel.The tunnel on the left led to a circular room. .. ? Do you?" Who?" Merlin?" Oh, my God. It must be. But how did he do it? And why?" I don't have the foggiest, but, there are some questions best left unasked."As Grace was thumbing through the cards she came across one that shocked her even more. It was from the governor of the state saying that he would be attending. In his words: "Wouldn't miss it for the world."That night we went to bed and went through our nighttime routine on autopilot. We were still stunned into numbness. We were jolted.