’ She looks at him, ‘I’m not sure I understand. What do you mean by your ship and mission?’ Sighing as he knows he can’t keep it from her an... longer. ‘Obviously you know I’m not from here, but I don’t think you understand just how far away I’m from.’ ‘I know that you’re not from around here, you don’t even look like us. I figured you were from someplace across the sea.’ Striya says while looking at him. ‘In the forest where you found me, that was my ship. It also caused the scar you saw and the. I don't even remember the lobby, the elevator or walking down the hall. I do remember the door-click as we melted together crushing our loins together while being swollowed by his kiss. I embraced him with a week-long denied passion as we kissed deeply, boring into each other with tongues dancing in each other mouths. We raced to the bedroom, shedding clothes as we went. We landed on the bed in each others naked embrace, our erections warm, moist and touching, feverishly kissing and licking. Their arms locked together in an embrace that allowed them to explore each other’s body, hands running lightly over skin, producing little shivers of delight. Their mouths came together, lip-to-lip in a kiss that was almost chaste at first, but soon became a deeper exploration of tongues and exchange of breath and saliva. Nicola found one of Jacqui’s nipples and, with fingertips, teased the sensitive nub to a suffused hardness. She broke their kiss and suckled on the hardening bud, drawing. Vanessa’s grandmother back when she lived in Kiev. Arthur Flanders. In his 80s but still around.We didn’t have a plan, didn’t contemplate revenge or police involvement or ... anything really. It was partly curiosity. But also, as I told Vanessa, “It’s just better to know. Usually.”I was wading through the ashes of what had been a very posh house. Difficult to imagine now.Allstate had written the homeowner’s policy in 1998, the year the house was built on one of the last remaining vacant lots.