If that was true, that she was seeing things differently, she wondered what else she from her past that she may view differently.Kat had been introduc...d to the team as Helios's new deputy, and she had received more than one sideways glance and measuring look. They welcomed her with a Kafe toast and made her feel right at home. After breakfast, the team split up in to smaller groups and went about their assignments. When not actively working on some emergency or other, they also performed. Alicia left the conference room, closing the doors behind her, leaving Anastasia and Rac-Nur inside. Anastasia looked down at the cards in her lap and sighed. She opened them and perused their contents before setting them on the table."Do they think that I am some prized horse to be sold to the highest bidder?" she asked rhetorically. "Does Gerard think I am unable to run this house without a man's presence?"Rac-Nur waited patiently for Anastasia to gain control of her emotions before speaking.. She didn,t look at me, shy of my nakedness I suppose. ‘I love you and I want you so bad that it hurts, but we don’t have to tonight. We can wait, get used to each other.’ I slid over close to her, took her hand and kissed it, looked in her eyes and hoped, but for what I didnt know. ‘I’m scared, I don’t know what to do, What will you think of me? Hold me, please, hold me and kiss me.’ And I did, untiing and removing her peignoir, I slipped in next to her, she rolled over against me, nuzzling up. We closed the evening talking late, and she said OK when I asked her to let me take her to dinner the next evening. When I got home I thought about taking a cold shower, but instead decided to handle the situation more directly. As least I was able to sleep, and work was easier to concentrate on the next morning. Chapter 2 The next evening I picked her up and took her to a small steakhouse. She was in the same dress that first caught my attention. There was something about it that made her.