An intense longing spread through her as she watched him watching her. "Now we're getting somewhere," he said. She heard the huskiness in his voice an... shivers tickled the surface of her skin. Before she could change her mind Anna stood up and made quick work of removing her pants. "I seem to be the only one who's actually doing anything." She sat back down in her white thong, gripping the edge of the table to keep her trembling fingers steady. "Don't you have a job to do?" His mouth quirked. He had, at least, been spared Quinlan's cursed fate. This cliff overlooked a river, I saw now, and no body was visible in its depths. I had treated him poorly, and wished him well.It shames me even now to say it, but in the wake of such great tragedy the one I wept most for was myself. Quinlan had hinted to me of a future more than stealing crumbs and coppers, but he had been taken from me before I could be shown the way to it. Even if somehow I managed to find my way out of this wilderness, I. Feeling Sabrina shift in her seat, I opened my eyes, and saw her looking at me and smiling.“Did I drool,” I asked, half jokingly and half wanting to curb my erotic imagination.“No,” she replied. “I was just thinking how peaceful men look when they are asleep, and how dangerous they are when they are awake.”“Do I look dangerous,” I blurted, incredulously.“Oh, no! I didn’t mean to imply...” she said.“It’s OK,” I said, not knowing quite what was OK.“It’s just.... No, never mind.... Well, actually. "I love you, Alistair Theirin."He sighed and pulled me closer, the calluses on his hands making me shiver as they stroked my back. "I know. I love you too. I just hate this, after everything..."I kissed him then, twining my tongue around his, letting him taste the blood on my lower lip. He groaned and squeezed me tighter, one hand sliding down to cup my ass, the other holding my head, massaging my scalp lightly."Let me make it up to you," I whispered, spreading my legs to straddle his hips,.