”She laughed again, rich and melodic. She pushed me back and I didn’t resist this time. I moved away, letting her turn and pour the hot water into...the tea cups. It was hopeless. She wasn’t going to succumb and... Her words struck me. I was going to hurt Kora. It was more than the fact I had to give her up. I would have to make her give me up. She loved me. She wouldn’t want to be parted. Just how much would I have to hurt her to break up with her?How much pain would I cause her to save her. She saw Ann reach down and remove the letter opener from her chest. Curious there wasn't any blood on it."I'm afraid you won't be dying anytime soon. You'll live for eons, just like me. It's the least I could do for the woman who made this all possible."Ann's clothing disappeared and she idly, traced her body with the tip of the letter opener. She caught Helen staring. "You like," Ann asked turning around.'No, I don't like,' Helen tried to say, but couldn't. If the woman was the God here, the. “You will have that team and they'll be sourced the same way you were. You'll have the finest laboratories you can possibly imagine. This project will carry the highest security and be granted every resource it needs to succeed. I know it's a lot to ask, for you to step away from your current position and join us in this battle. And like all battles, there will be risk involved, but I promise you, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. Please, say yes.”Ida could see the desire burning in her. "What sort of aspirations do you have?" she asked. "The reason I ask that," she said continuing before Donna could respond, thus letting her know it was a rhetorical question in doing so, "is because we here at OB & D, pride ourselves in offering specialized services above and beyond those that most companies of our stature can afford to offer. You're certainly qualified to be placed in just about any of the companies we hire temporary employee's for, many of which go on to work for those.