May you use it as you see fit.”Leah shivered with terror as to what would come next. Ian saw this and recognized it. The fear in her eyes. It both s...imulated him and angered him. “Sit still!” He took a step towards her and watched as she held back the flinch. “Sit still, I said”. He leaned down and reached out his long arm. With his large hand, he cupped one of her breasts. With the other, held the nape of her neck, forcing her head back. He leaned further and with his lips barely touching. Ten thousand wet dreams are made of this, he thought wonderingly, but said far more tactfully. “If she’d given me a better indication that she actually liked me, you and I might never have gone out; I do like her and enjoy her company. This… arrangement… would be okay with me.” Nodding, she said, “I thought you might, but it’s awkward, having you as my boyfriend, and the two of you having a thing on the side. I get that it means you and Fi going out, and maybe doing … the other stuff… as well.”. ‘I’m going to go call mom and dad and let them know they took Mia back for the transplant,’ she said softly before quickly leaving the waiting room. ‘How are you holding up?’ Tyler asked. ‘By a thread,’ Lily admitted, not looking at him. ‘Lily, look at me,’ Tyler said. When Lily didn’t comply, Tyler tilted her face towards his. ‘Lily, why did you let me think there had been someone else?’ Tyler wanted to know. ‘Because you couldn’t even stand up to your own mother about where you wanted to go. “Nevertheless, at least he had the sense to keep the carriages well back from the battle lines,” I thought.The mercenaries were deployed on the right flank near the bay, which was their anchor. No one was getting around them without going into the water. On the left of the mercenary company’s line was the 3rd regiment, which was similarly deployed in line; but since they had more men than the mercenaries they held a company of men to their rear as a reserve. The 2nd and 1st regiment were on the.