I was hooked up to monitoring equipment, and my muscles ached, as if I had been lying still for too long. My ribs hurt when I breathed, but it was a d...ll and distant pain. I moved my arm, wincing as the intravenous drip tugged at my skin, and prodded the sleeping Viper.Her eyes slowly opened, and she peered at me with her yellow pupils, blinking sleepily. They widened, and she rose up to full height on her tail, her hood flaring wide with happiness and she hissed my name in her alien language.. “And sorry I haven’t got you your gift yet.”“Don’t be silly,” Mordred reassured. “You know I don’t mind about presents. Besides, this breakfast is more than enough.”“I know, but I have something else for you, I just have to pop out later to get it.”Did looked disappointed. “Aw, you’re going out and leaving me all alone?” he pouted.Elissa chuckled. “I just have to pick up your gift. So you can spend some time relaxing by yourself and then I’ll be back a little later. I promise it’ll be worth. I told her two days after we met that my number one rule was as I had already said, then she did the most amazing thing which really surprised me and by that I mean the way in which she reacted. She went to the toilet and got her toilet bag (she already had some of her stuff in my flat), took out her lady shaver and threw it in the bin and said, so what is rule number two, so I calmly told her she could NEVER wear ANY kind of underwear again, at any time, anywhere EVER... At this point she. "I may have to drink more than usual then." I'll make sure of it," I quipped back, continuing our saucy talk."Since Alice won't be around, whose bed will I be in?" she teased."Let's just say that when Alice returns she may ask me whose perfume is on her pillow." Will you be tucking me in?" she asked."I'll make sure that your stay at the Erick motel is one night you'll never forget," I joked.Christin pressed on "My, my, what have you got in mind?" Well let's just say that the bed may be.