She was wearing a favorite gown he had always loved her in. French, black heavy silk. She had bought it, she once told him, to attend the execution of...the French queen, the Austrian, the one they guillotined during The Terror. Kirsten Dunst played her.Oh, an aside. Because you see although the Wampyr, sorry, vampires, do feed on mortals, it's not necessary for the mortals to die in the process. In fact, that rarely happens. (You'll see later, in fact...) But to watch mortals expire is. All I had to do was look at her thunderstorm of a face and determine she was not at all happy about having to take it so rudely without any compliance from her side. It did seem a shame that she had to live that life of constantly serving the sexual needs of Hidalgo’s customers and friends but apparently she had been sold to him fair and square by her Chief and had to stay with him for a full year of servitude. The fact that I pitied her didn’t stop me from taking full advantage of her pretty. Her admission to the Academy had been achieved by a judicious gift to a highly influential elected official.She was a typical Kraznic. The slightly heavier gravity produced a short, stocky, immensely strong woman. Survival on planet resulted in the short woman being mean as a tarantula and as quick as a snake. She loved to watch and felt no pity for the young woman. This was life on the pioneer planets. She thought the predicament that Junior officer Malik found herself in funny. Had Senior. ’ I laughed and kissed her on the forehead before we headed for my room. I unlocked the door and opened it, and then I scooped her up in my arms and carried her inside, kicking the door closed with my foot. I laid her on the bed and lay down next to her. Leaning over, I brushed my lips lightly against hers once, before I started to nibble on her lower lip. She whimpered again softly as her arm went around my back and she pulled me over against her. Our tongues fenced as she wrapped her leg.