I am willing to stay the payment on your loan for two months so that you can pay your army. With added interest, of course.”“You war profiteer.”...Titus snorted. “That’s rich coming from a mercenary.” King Dreus eyed the vampire next to him, then turned back to me, his expression somber. “I’m sorry that it’s come to this, Your Highness. I thought your father would see reason, but it seems elven xenophobia curses even the gentlest of kings. I was… so very sorry to hear of your mother’s death. It’s. Remembering how damn loud it had sounded just then. Whatever it was he was going to say, died in his throat when Washu laid the index finger of her right hand across her lips."Shhhhh!" Was the only sound she uttered, before beckoning he enter.He'd lingered in the doorway for only the moment to notice how she'd rearranged his table before passing where she knelt. Seating himself as was traditional to await her pleasure and was delighted to see how prettily she moved taking her place opposite. .. And I knew I wasn't going to just rob her of her money. No, I was going to take something else I wanted, something more valuable.Grabbing the knife, I stepped in front of her. Her eyes gaping in fear, she mumbled a quiet, "No." She looked into my eyes and knew what I wanted now. I took her sweater and pulled it away from her body letting the knife find the hem. Then slowly, the razor edge cut it thread by thread, exposing her belly, then her bra, then all of her; I cut it away throwing the. The job was about twenty miles from River City.The load of steel was supposed to be at the job site mid afternoon. It finally showed up at 7:00 pm. It took me two hours to get it unloaded. I tried to call Tracie and let her know that I was running late, but my calls just went to voice mail. I hurried up and drove home, took a shower and changed into my good clothes. I then raced to the hotel, and it was almost 10:00 pm when I arrived.I stood off to the side of the big ballroom, getting my.