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Lori walked into the small briefing room to be greeted by the three other people, and she sat down and waited for everything to begin. She was the only one not in uniform which made the others look her over closely. Her boss walked in and sat next to her as they waited for some of the others.
"You look well rested.", He stated.
"I am.", She said, "No thanks to you."
"We will discuss this more after training, Princess," Mike said as he looked her over. "There has to be a reasonable explanation, but I don't think we should ask your team at this moment.""You don't?", she asked as she tried to study him."Not in this case." He said."Why not?", She asked tilting her head. He stopped thinking as he looked at
She began her instruction as she did with every class by introducing herself and making everyone do the same. Halfway through she started to tune everyone out as she became lost in her own thoughts again."Am I really going to just move in with a stranger?", she thought. "I have done stranger things in the past but really? Of course, I am. My life is on the line. Shouldn't I let him try to protect me on some level from a threat I don't know about? One that seems a little too close to home, and the one that may be in my home?"
"So how do you plan on doing this without alerting them as to the fact I won't be going back?", Lori asked as she looked at him right before he was about ready to head out."Give me your keys.", he said first then he went on, "Where is it?""Closet.", She replied, and he walked out. That was five minutes ago, and she was left sitting on the couch that was there. She heard the door close and the footsteps up to the door as he turned and opened it.
He took one look at her and knew it wasn't good."What?", he asked as he opened the door.
The night on the lake was darkened, and the lights were only on the inside of the house, so that left the deck bathed in darkness and shadows. As his arms came around her to being gently swaying to the music she was left in awe for the moment. It was an incredibly well thought out moment. Almost too well thought out."How is everything already programmed Mike?", she asked."I was hoping you wouldn't ask that.", he said with a sigh. "I should have known you would think abo
"Lori. I have to stop.", he said."Why?", she asked."It isn't the right time for more.” Mike said as he ran his finger down her cheek wiping away the tears there."What if it is what I want?", She asked, and his eyes flew to hers. Her soft smile and contented voice which sounded nothing like the one he had just heard.
"I lied a little," he said as she pulled on her hand leading her to the back of the first floor."You lied?", she asked."Well, I said there were four rooms. There are more of course, but we don't normally discuss the others.", He said with a chuckle. There was an outline of a door but no knob on it. He typed in a code on the pin pad she saw as he touched it, it became luminescent. She tilted her head and looked at him as the door popped open. He walked into the larger open room, and she followed. "The family business,
"Oh, I can piece together just about anything if I wanted too.", he said as he turned to her, "But I would rather learn it from the source, not a computer screen." His golden yellow eyes were burning with a wanting. He had seen something on the screen that had piqued his interest, but he wouldn't ask her about it."What do you want to know?", she asked matching him in the now staring contest."Why are you still single?", He asked. Blunt and to the point, he liked it better that way.