"If there ever was a person who worked hard to piss people off, it has to be you." Sam shook his head."I'm hungry. Let's see what we have for lunch," ...manda said. They returned to the house while Billy's men shooed the news people out and closed the gates.They picked at their sandwiches. "I'm going to take a nap. You coming?" She looked at Mark and smiled that smile. He knew sleep was not first on her agenda."Sure Babe, let's go." He stood and joined her as she left the snack bar. The cook gave. " Amy agreed, though at the moment neither of them reached for the phone. Instead they continued to look at each other, each facing the reality of just how close they might have come. And right in the middle of a mall as well, without a single person coming to their help. Marcus shuddered at the memory, feeling the adrenaline still pumping through his body but not being excited by it in the least. Not like he normally was. Instead, he felt ashamed. Dirty. How could that bastard try doing. It was a good thing that the men were held back because before too long the lancers came galloping back with an impressive force of Sarvalk cavalry on their heels. The men were quickly whistled back into formation and Wilhan and others rode up and down the line organizing pike men, archers, and slingers. Corridors were opened for the Juxan horsemen to pass through.The Sarvalk horsemen were met with a wall of pikes that stopped them short, and the reequipped archers and slingers took advantage. It was a bit dark but she looked fucking hot.“See Annie? You look fucking hot here,” I said (trying to retain some measure of objectivity).Annie wasn’t even looking my direction and had resumed digging in another box.I move to picture number two. This one was poolside at what looked like Bella’s parents house maybe six blocks away from where we were sitting right now. In the photo, Annie had on bikini bottoms and a wet white t-shirt. The shirt wasn’t wet enough to show the color of her nipples.