We were just looking into each other's eyes when she got on her tip-toes and kissed me on the cheek. That took me by surprise and I just stood there w...th a dumb expression on my face. Patty broke the spell asking, "Can we play cards?"Sure, let me get the deck."I went into the kitchen and got the deck of cards out of the drawer. When I got back, Patty was squatting Indian style on the floor so I took a seat in front of her. She was wearing a nice short skirt so I was hoping to get to see her. Suddenly I grew bold. "Please, master," I said, uninvited, now on my belly, grasping my ankles behind my body, "let me please you! I beg to serve you, as a slave."Suddenly I felt the whip burn into the flesh of my back. "You were not asked to speak, slave," he said coldly. I lay on the floor, silent, tears forming in my eyes from the pain. But I expected my pleadings were not completely wasted. Hopefully now he knew how desperate I was, how much I longed for my rape. And such knowledge, I knew. I admired and respected you. You held me in awe, enthralled. How could I not fall desperately in love? You owned my soul before you ever realized I existed. I’m forever yours, Anniel.” She stared at him, mouth ajar. His eyes bore into hers, and she could see nothing but honesty in them. “I’m…I’m scared,” she whispered honestly. What she felt for him was overwhelming—scary. “I will never hurt you,” he vowed. “I swear this to you.” Unable to help herself, she fisted his locks and drew him. As it raced in, it peaked, Eamon high on top, before it curled over and took him plummeting down to the rocky ground. The force of the wave crashed against the rocks, then carried over and past the atoll leaving the surface bare. MacDougall scanned the surface for any signs, straining to see through the wind-driven rain. The surface was clear of anything, nothing resembling a body could be seen on the rocky ground, the evidence of Eamon McGregor erased. Harlan had watched as much as he could,.