’ ‘I’m impressed,’ Draven acknowledged with a bow of his head. ‘You’re a worthy adversary, Kinlee.’ ‘Flattery will afford you nothin..., Sir.’ ‘Then I shall look forward to a time when I am afforded everything, princess.’ His eyes dropped to her breasts and lower, before lifting back to her face. There was little doubt of his meaning. Her eyes narrowed dangerously when he winked and strode away. ‘Where are you going? I’ve told you where the blasted contraption is!’ He merely lifted a hand. 08 first. ********** The slight, soft fingers grasped tightly around my hand. ‘Marlene?’ I weakly inquired, immediately followed by violent pain exploding in my head. Marlene’s familiar voice frantically came to life as the softness of her hands grew tighter. ‘Michael, Michael,’ she called. ‘Where are you bringing me?’ I moaned in a dry, whispering tone. I choked after feeling my throat close, as the violent pain reappeared without warning. ‘Turn his head to the side,’ a man’s voice. Now she was sitting alone and shivering on a lonely road out in the middle of nowhere. She considered running out to the trunk to get some dry clothes from her suitcase, then thought better of it as the rain began to pour down even harder. Fortunately, it didn't take long before a pair of headlights veered off onto the shoulder behind her."Thank God for good Samaritans," she smiled, looking into the left side mirror. The other car pulled up along side her door, and when she saw the passenger. ’ She relaxed a little in my arms, and I knew I had started out well. I thought, ‘Head on is the only way to go with this.’ ‘I want to see your scars.’ She tensed, as I knew she would. ‘I want to kiss them and make love to them.’ She burst into tears. When the tears had abated a little, she hiccupped back to me, ‘Oh, Bryn, that’s the sweetest thing you could have said.’ I caressed her face and licked the tears from her cheeks, moving slowly down to her neck, all the while stroking her back and.