I walked down the main jetty looking at the six ships we had in port. It was the last one that halted me.I could see that she was a magical ship. I re...lly wanted to get on that ship. She was sleeker than the other ships. She could still haul a decent amount of cargo, but the set of her sails and her pristine hull told me she was fast.A young man came down the gangplank. He looked at me quizzically and came over to me. “Can I help you? Are you lost?” he asked politely.“Yes, but I doubt you can. I'll never make THAT mistake again."Three nights previous the duo had solved a case concerning a gated community that had suffered several mysterious deaths in recent times. The community's board of directors had found and hired them, paying a good fee in advance to solve those murders. The victims had been found crushed as though by a giant snake but with expressions of fascination and even sexual arousal on their faces.As it turned out, the killer was a lamia, a creature from ancient. I was nowin the bag.They got me in the truck and strapped me down to the gurney, then as thetruck drove, they put the gurney in an oxygen bag and effectively closedme into a hermetically sealed bubble.When we got to their lab, witch I had no way of knowing, the locationof, they moved my gurney into the building and through several sealeddoors All the doors had fully geared up Air Police in full NBC suitsguarding them. That told me the where, The Air Force base, probablySandia labs, since we had. ‘I think classic black. Maybe hot pink…. and……..floral.’ ‘Oui. Noir, pink and les fleurs.’ she confirmed as she whipped a number items from the racks. ‘Are you going try them on for her?’ ‘Do you think I should?’ ‘You want her to be sexy?’ ‘Of course.’ ‘Then Madam should try.’ she advised with a rather severe firmness.’We will use number one.’ She guide Noella to the first little tent and ushered her inside where a chaise lounge sat along one side and an antique looking chair sat in a corner.