"No we don't have time; if we don't get ready quickly wewill be late.She was annoyed but she accepted my snub and set about getting ready. As shewas g...tting ready she complained that she didn't bring much makeup and askedif she could borrow mine? I showed her where I had hidden it all. She wasblown away. "Shit you have more makeup here than I have ever owned in mylife."I nodded. "Yeah well you don't need it do you. You are beautiful withoutit."She hugged me. "Thank you Tai, you are. There were few laws in the Shadow World, and even fewer after Lyden’s triumph over the Outsiders, but one that was simple common sense was that you didn’t anger one of the six Pillars that held enough power to support the very existence of the Shadow World. * * * *Shelly forced herself not to groan as she tumbled through the air and stuck point first in the solid rock wall. The Myrmidon that’d captured her had left her in the hands of these smaller ones, and they enjoyed their game of seeing. She could not believe this. It would not solve her problems, but it would get her through the next week. Give her breathing space. She slipped the money into her purse and he took her hand and led her to a bar area in his living room. He poured her another Jack and coke. Thank goodness she thought. I need the dutch courage.He put his hand behind her neck and slowly pulled her head towards his. The kiss was long and sensuous. His tongue touching her lips, making her whole body shiver, exloring. Don't get me wrong, her being pregnant did nothing to ruin her looks, on the contrary. I looked at her, and there she was, small and very well shaped pregnant beauty. And sex with an attractive pregnant girl with a big belly was definitely right there at the top of my fantasy list. But I doubted that a woman that was so obviously pregnant would now go for sex with a stranger. And then came by Ronnie and whispered in my ear these magnificent words: "She's single, and she's spending the night.