The maid...Where had she gone? Right before her very eyes, the woman had...Dissolved...as if she'd never been? Had she been a hallucination? Some kind of illusion? Or - A ghost, like the others here?<br/><br/>Arisa's slim fingers tightened around the hilt of her sword, as she prepared for the attack...But temptation loomed! She was still aroused from her earlier encounters...And the sight of the man advancing on her made her mouth go dry, her sleek throat working...<br/><br/>"I'm no maid," she answered, taking a step forward...Her voice lower, huskier than before! "If you would *have* me...Do your worse, handsome."<br/><br/>She meant it as a taunt, but it came out far sultrier than she'd intended...As if she was almost flirting!