He kicked her off his weapon and drew back his sword to strike down my aunt.Rushina lifted her tiger head, exposing her throat. Accepted that she had ...ost.I tensed. Here came the betrayal.Kushini moved faster than I expected. The rakshasa sprang forward, snarling out in rage. Her sword sang as it slid from her scabbard. The sound reached Bakiir's ears. He turned to defend himself.Kushini's sword slammed through his chest. She'd closed the distance so fast. My favorite slave, the only man I had. I started to move over to the reporter when my Nextel chirped. "22 to Chasity, we have unusual activity out here."I pulled out my Nextel and pushed the button. It chirped, connecting me to the network, and I asked, "What, 22?" 22 was one of the units guarding the entrance to the street."We have three SWAT vans incoming," 22 answered.I frowned. There was nothing on the police band about any SWAT units dispatched. Besides, no SWAT unit could respond this fast. Not ahead of any patrol unit. My. They planned to ride bicycles to the city park near Wanda’s apartment. They met at the apartment and rode off together. They planned to make an afternoon of it, so naturally Wanda packed a bottle of wine and some glasses. They found a nice, secluded spot where not much foot traffic would pass by and uncorked the wine. Wanda was dying to hear the nasty details of Peggy’s sordid activities.First, they got caught up on each other’s social and family life before they started in on the juicy stuff.. Darcy and Christie were talking but I couldn't hear what they were saying. I was at the bottom of the stairs and April took a leap off the third step and landed in my arms. She kissed my cheek as I let her down to the ground and she said, "I got an A on my mechanical engineering exam."I told her that I was happy for her and introduced her to Christie. Christie had almost the same build as April but had brown hair and wore glasses. They made her look studious like a hot teacher or librarian. We.