" Seriously?" Yup." We got to the hold and I pointed the prisoners out. We stayed at the forward end as I briefed him."Their ships?" Currently in tran...it to the warm embrace of Hela." Oh, that's going to piss them off." I call it a fair trade. They scratched the paint on my ship."That got a good chuckle from all the privateers. "Damn straight," one of them said. To privateers, our ships are our home."You talk to them?" No, all I've done is play farmer; fed and watered 'em. I'm not trained for. I opened my lips, and Marie’s tongue licked at mine, we got more passionate, and it was then that I knew we’d gone beyond the point of no return. I held out my left hand and found Carly, half asleep wriggling at the commotion Marie was making. I broke off my kiss from Marie and pulled Carly’s head over my shoulder to kiss her passionately. In an instant she was awake and aware of what was going on. I should have been afraid she’d be upset, but I wasn’t. She looked at Marie for a second and. A pully system was attached to a spreader bar situated near the floor cuffs. A cross of ST Andrews leant in the corner and a collection of whips and other paraphernalia hung from hooks in a cupboard on one wall. I swallowed, trying to hide my excitement, and said ?Nice place, you’ve got here. I didn’t realize that you were that into BDSM.? John walked in behind me. ?I have a question for you Bill? he whispered, ?would you like to try it out?? I turned and looked at him, and said, ?I have never. There are no other guys, Eric. I’m on a very tight deadline here. Is there a problem between you and Mallory?’ ‘No. We’ve never met. It’s just …’ ‘What? Talk to me.’ Eric sighed heavily. ‘Look … I don’t think I can be,’ he paused as he searched for the right word, ‘Professional.’ ‘Professional? What does that mean?’ Eric looked up and sighed again. ‘Look, I have a thing for Mallory …’ ‘Join the crowd. She’s the hottest model in the business right now.’ ‘Yeah … but …’ ‘What?’ Jonathon asked,.