. Mitch, right?” Her smooth southern Tennessee accent threw me completely off guard and I didn't even think before I replied. “You just keep getti...g more and more amazing.” I could see her blush a little, and quickly apologized. “I'm sorry, I didn't even mean to say that.” She just turned away shyly and sat on the bed. “So what do you have for games in here?” I started rummaging around the desk, flipping the laptop on and putting on some music. “Well, I've got Halo. You play that?” Her eyes lit. <,<,<,<,<,>,>,>,>,>, I slept alone that night. Alia thought it inappropriate to join me on the night before the wedding. It seemed a strange thought given she would share my bed as we grew old. I gave in to her concern as a nod to the ceremony itself. I do not believe Angelica would have begrudged me for it either way. I found it hard to sleep. Missing Alia’s warm embrace, the thoughts of the wedding kept my mind busy. I was awakened early, by Lucius, thinking I had just. I flushed. "Oh, no, I completely spaced. I didn't get you anything."She smiled. "I know. You'll just have to make it up to me tomorrow." Tomorrow?" We're off duty, and you're taking me out to a wonderful dinner, right?" Er, right. Yeah. It'll be nice and romantic."She leaned in and kissed me. "I can't wait."I wanted to open my present but, thanks to our long shower, we were running late, and it would have to wait until this evening when we were off duty. I gave her one last kiss, then we. She told me that it had been her friend Eva's idea and that the clothes she was wearing were from her store.I told her that I wouldn't mind if she did another lingerie show tonight, to which she replied that I should go to work and we'd see.At mid-morning my boss called me to his office, told me to sit down because we had to talk. He was serious and I began to worry. He sat in front of me and looking into my eyes he told me. “Nico, we have been informed that one of the delegations in South.