<img alt="" src="http://i57.tinypic.com/s6ummo.png" style="float:left; padding:6px;"/><span style="color: #BFBFBF">The door was pulled slowly shut behind him. He stood there on the other side of the door with his attention roving over various objects in his temporary room aboard the Empress. His lips parted slightly as a heavy feeling trapped in his throat for a while was finally exhaled. He found himself in remembrance of their interaction at the hotel, the scintillating resistance built, the dance floor turning into a battlefield in an environment suddenly becoming unbordered; and them, them becoming the cruel hunters in disguise. And he could still feel the ground quaking, the walls shaking, the vibrations traversing his frame as he shook himself back to the present. He stood there and he wondered … wondered if she felt it too. He glanced at the door behind him one more time and headed out, putting on a difference face, one for his crewmen and passengers - one of  a Captain on duty.</span><br/><br/><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">18:30 of Same day<br/>Mediterranean Sea</div><br/><br/><span style="color: #BFBFBF">At a 30 knots speed, the Empress would be arriving to Gibraltar in approximately forty-eight hours, meeting the Atlantic ocean on the night of the 15th. Outside on the bridge, Luciano used his sextant to determine the ship’s latitude, taking record of any passing ships, headlands and the ship’s travel distance from the port. Officer Marcini on the other hand made his way to the dame’s suite as instructed.<br/><br/>When Luciano knew that Yvonne was soon to join him on the bridge, he stepped away from the open compass platform and headed back into the wheel room which provided a 360 degrees vision around the ship. He stood there for a while, awaiting the female’s arrival as he poured himself a glass of lemonade. He took a long thirst-quenching sip of the liquid as he positioned himself near the wheel in the center of the room, directing his focus to gaze at the horizon. For a while, the Italian admired the wonders of a young sunset as his very soul expanded in the worship of his Creator.<br/></span>