All she could do was whisper the other girl's name."River."The look in the passenger's eyes might have been frightening had it not somehow struck a re...ponsive chord deep inside the crew woman. Kaylee could see the hunger there, building with every passing moment. Then River kissed her again. This time both pairs of lips parted and plucked at each other. Fingers tightened. Kaylee breathed that name again."River."Her mind was a whirl. Images rumbled through her thoughts, one chasing another. She. Sort of ... took Lord Xavier away with him. And forgive me if I don’t understand much myself.”“Eh, you know, one thing led to another,” Ayn smiled. “We’re like this now,” he explained, linking his hands together.Cory burst into laughter.“What did you do, Ayn?”“You know me. He was too good to waste, right?” Ayn allowed himself a small joke. “We’re ... well he’s my man now.”“Well, at least it’s good to know he’s not a prisoner. I doubt he would have taken that well,” Cory smiled. “Frankly, I. Peter “How do you know that for certain?”“Because” said St. Peter “If you were black with white stripes, God would have said “You is what you is...”For three years, the young attorney had been taking his vacations at this country inn. The previous year he’d finally managed to close the deal with the innkeeper’s daughter.Looking forward to an exciting few days, he dragged his suitcase up the stairs of the inn, and then stopped short. There sat his lover with an infant on her lap!“Helen, why. She could see the muscles from under his polo shirt but they weren’t bulging. His eyes were a regular brown and his hair matched. In the front it was spiked up to a semi-Mohawk. ‘By the way, because you are hot—’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘-We are going to have to set some ground rules. Where are you from?’ ‘California.’ He mumbled to himself. ‘Okay, good. I won’t have to worry about the ‘big city life, small country girl’ promiscuity faze.’ The elevator doors opened. Caden hadn’t even realized a button.