“Well, you seem too motivated for me to stop you. Come with me.” And he took her gently by the elbow past the dance stages toward another set of d...ors. Darcie tried not to look at the copulating couples along the way. The couples themselves paid not the slightest attention as they walked past. Darcie tried to hide the look of disgust on her face that women could allow themselves to be toyed with in public that way. These woman have no pride, she thought, as she felt the elation of forcing Max. On your knees!” Alex commanded.Vahltiem refused, and Alex pulled his sidearm, ready to make use of it. The former chief quickly fell to his knees, resorting to begging for his life in the hope it would save him. Alex had half a mind to squeeze the trigger and end the man’s existence. But he remembered what he proposed to Valessa and holstered the weapon. He took a moment to calm down and center himself, before speaking.“You’re not worth the bullet and you are not worth staining my hands with. You'd never heard of this place before, but then you'd only lived in London for two years, and it takes a LOT longer than that to feel like you know the sprawling city. There were no queues so you just walked in, instantly greeted by the familiar smell of smoke, spilled beer and the sounds of The Prodigy. Then you spotted her. She was standing at the other side of the dance floor, and yet despite the distance and the haze of smoke, you knew she was staring right at you. It was like something. “Hi there, this seat taken?” I voice I hear from afar, it takes me a second to come back to reality. “Wh-What?” I splurt out.“Is this seat taken?” She says again, with the voice of an angel.“Erh, no, sorry, it’s all yours. Who, erh, who are you?” I say with all my effort to not embarrass myself in some way.“I’m Emily, call me Em, I’m new, if you haven’t guessed” Em says with the cutest smile I’ve ever seen.“Okay, Em, I’m George… George Smith, but my friends call me Smithy” I reply.We both take.