The chiseled jaw brunette greeted Serenity with a heavily practiced charming smile and extended both of his hands out towards her.<strong>"Serenity,"</strong>he said with a baritone voice.<strong>"It is an honor for us to finally meet like this."</strong>His words were ambiguous.  Nathaniel had a talent for saying things that can be interpreted as compliments but also perceived as acts to feed his ego.  He very well could have said<em>'I am honored to finally be able to meet with you'</em>.  But by his words what he really meant was<em>'You have, without a doubt, accepted the honor to meet with me'</em>.<strong>"You look just lovely, an image befitting of your profession."</strong><br/><br/>He held her hands in his own, there was a noticeable comparison between the two.  Whereas Serenity had the soft well cared for hands of a goddess, Nathaniel's hands had begun to wither with age and were callus from many 'hands on' jobs.  He leaned in to give the companion a kiss on her left cheek and then a kiss on her right.<strong>"A welcoming,"</strong>was his excuse to instantly lay his lips upon her fine skin.<strong>"And how was your travels, well I suppose?"</strong>He made idle chit chat to seem decent as he gestured with his hands for her walk with him to his estate.  As the two set on foot, the two bodyguards stayed close behind, their eyes 'searching' the companion for anything that would be deemed as 'dangerous' to their boss.<br/><br/>The estate was just one of many, and one of the less favoured ones at that.  The small yard in front of a firebrick mansion had not been tended to in quite some time and the plantation was beginning to grow wild.  At the threshold Nathaniel turned to his two guards and gave a simple nod to signify their next task.  He opened the double doors and entered first.<strong>"Welcome to my estate,"</strong>he said proudly.  He turned around and gestured for her to enter, as if she would not be privileged to without his permission.<br/>