Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)
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				Title: <strong>Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>03-04-2010, 21:01:52</strong>
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				The Night was dark again as he walked the streets, a lit cigarette sticking out of the corner of his mouth as he pulled the black trenchcoat around his shoulders to ward against the damp and the chill. He looked the image of a man down on his luck. That was exactly the image he wanted to project. Not everything on the street tonight was human... Some were demons, litterally and figureatively. They preyed on the weak of will and heart. Killed at a whim and answered to no one for their transgressions... noone except hunters like him and his kind. Tasked with destroying these demons and keeping humanity safe they roamed the world in secrecy in their never ending quest from on high. Tonight he was on such a quest. Something had been feeing on the homeless, leaving them drained husks with no proof. The local authorities were saying it was heart attacks but he knew better for he could sense the thing stalking him. That was what he wanted. He'd rather have it come after him than after some innocent soul.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 07:13:42</strong>
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				A city at night provides a multitude of places for someone to hide when they are stalking someone.&nbsp; She had been aware of this warrior almost from the beginning.&nbsp; She had also been aware that he knew of her existence.&nbsp; He knew what she had been doing and was hell-bent on stopping her.&nbsp; She smiled to herself at that, knowing that he'd rather end up in hell himself if it meant taking her with him.&nbsp; Of course, he'd rather stop her by putting an end to her existence and that was something she couldn't have happen.&nbsp; Why, that would spoil all of her fun.<br><br>Of course, that was why this night found her stalking him instead of taking her pleasure and a life as she had been doing nightly.&nbsp; She had been careful not to be seen by any human and had spaced her pleasures out around the city.&nbsp; Then he had come along, tracking her, hunting her, determined to destroy her.&nbsp; Now she watched him walking through the night, patrolling the city like a policeman on his rounds, sensing her, knowing she was there and knowing he'd have to draw her out of hiding to have a chance at her.&nbsp; <br><br>"The chance you want isn't going to come this night," she told him, her voice soft and just strong enough to let him hear the sound but not recognize the words she spoke.&nbsp; Not if I can help it she told herself.&nbsp; The shadow she was hiding in folded in on itself and was gone so suddenly and subtly it migh never have been there at all.&nbsp; Moments later she was approaching another of the unfortunates this city had in such abundance.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>04-04-2010, 20:03:21</strong>
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				The whisper of some sort of words floating on the wind makes him spin around in a flash. It was here. He knew it. The feeling was strong. Then just as suddenly it vanished. He knew what that meant. The domeon had left the area. Probably to somewhere else in the city. "Damn!" He curses under his breath. Sighing he turns and walks his way back out of the Alley. The only thing to do now was head back to the small apartment he had rented and wait for another body to be found. As he turned the corner and started walking down main street its started to rain, light at first but then it got heavier and heavier as if heaven itself cried tears upon knowing another soul would die tonight. A neon sigh flashed at him from up ahead... "Mikes bar and grill" and his stomach grumbled at him angrily. He needed to eat... and one drink wouldn't hurt.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>07-04-2010, 08:29:50</strong>
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				The rain had stopped only moments before and the street still had the wet brick and concrete smell a storm left behind.&nbsp; The scent of the human lingered in the street, also. No amount of rain could wash it away.&nbsp; Anger and frustration left their own evidence and the demon recognized the taint of his emotions.&nbsp; It had been some time since the human had walked away from the spot where the demon now stood but it was a simple matter for her to follow his path and eventually find herself standing outside a bar.&nbsp; "Mike's Bar and Grill" the sign read.<br><br>Her senses picked up on the despair that coated the place like layers of paint slopped one atop the other.&nbsp; She stepped out of the shadows and silence became the clicking of stilettos on the pavement.&nbsp; What had been whispy shadows was now a woman clad in a dark red dress that clung to her full breasts, tiny waist and rounded hips and ended only far enough down her thighs to make you wonder if she was decent underneath.&nbsp; <br><br>Silence fell over the bar when she entered and any eyes that dared meet hers received an icy glare in return that had their owner turning away with a shiver.&nbsp; The stool next to the warrior was empty so she crossed to his side and slid up into it, crossing one long leg over the other and nodding to the bartender who came over to take her order.&nbsp; <br><br>"I'll have what he's having," she said, pointing to the glass in front of the man.&nbsp; "Bring him another one, too."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>07-04-2010, 10:03:48</strong>
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				He should have sensed the demon right next to him. However his sense had one great flaw. He couldn't detect demons when they were in mortal form unless they decided to show themselves, and so when the woman slid in next to him he had no clue of the danger he might be in. He glanced over at her then at the bartender. Then he shrugs. "Whiskey straight up on the rocks." He says pulling out another smoke. The Bartender glanced over at him. "Man those things will kill ya." The Man just chuckles. "In my line of work these cancer sticks are the least of my worries." the bartender shrugs and slides him and drink then slides one over to the lady. Strangely where everyone else in the room couldn't keep their eyes off the woman this man didn't really seem to care one way or the other.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>10-04-2010, 09:48:36</strong>
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				She caught the glass stopping it's slide and lifting it to her lips in a swift and graceful motion then returned it to the bar in front of her with a sharp crack.&nbsp; Nodding at the bartender she motioned with her finger, indicating another round.&nbsp; The warrior had just finished lighting his cigarette and was returning the lighter to his pocket when she reached out and plucked the long cylinder from his lips and placed it between her own.&nbsp; <br><br>She took a healthy drag, growing the ash about a fourth of an inch then slipped the cigarette back into his mouth.&nbsp; A forefinger tipped with a long red nail dragged across his cheek and under his jaw to stop below the point of his chin.&nbsp; She held it there as she leaned closer, her lips nearly touching his ear to ask her question.&nbsp; <br><br>"What's a nice boy like you doing in a place like this?"&nbsp; Her breath, laced with the scent of the whiskey, drifted down along his neck and her hand dropped down to cover his where it lay on the wooden surface close to his chest.&nbsp; She could feel the beat of his pulse against her fingers and she wondered what she'd have to do to get him really worked up.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>10-04-2010, 18:14:35</strong>
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				He was like stone. He barely just barely glanced at her from the corner of his eye and he moved his hand from under hers and he downs his glass pushing it away, knowing when he should stop. "I'm not a nice boy so I suggest you move along, I'm not what your looking for tonight." Some of the other bar patrons look at him in wide eyed astonishment upon hearing his words. A few of them even start wispering about the possibility of him being gay. One guy even walks over. "Man you gotta be some kinda stupid to ignore the advances of a hot thing like her."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>14-04-2010, 05:48:20</strong>
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				The demon felt him stiffen and knew when his eyes shifted toward her and back.&nbsp; She let it go when he pulled his hand away and laughed softly at being told to move along like a gawker at the scene of an accident.<br><br>"You have no idea what I'm looking for, darling."&nbsp; She drew the endearment out a little but kept her voice low, too low for the others to hear.&nbsp; It was obvious they were watching and wondering at his reaction to her.&nbsp; Leaning away from the warrior she looked up at the man who approached them with an attitude.&nbsp; <br><br>"Maybe you should mind your own business," she told him and smiled before again putting her mouth near the ear of the man seated beside her.<br><br>"I though <em>you</em> were looking for <em>me</em>," she whispered.<br><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>14-04-2010, 06:03:16</strong>
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				He stifens at her words, and dosen't bother reaching for his blade hidden under his coat. This close she could kill him before he could do anything. He keeps his voice low. "You could have killed me anytime while you were sitting her. That means you must whant something. Name it... quickly."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>23-04-2010, 04:29:03</strong>
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				She knew the instant he became aware of who she was and how that realization rocked him.&nbsp; Her hand ran up his arm from wrist to bicep, feeling his rock hard muscles beneath her fingers.<br><br>"I don't want anything from you, darling.&nbsp; I most certainly don't want you dead."&nbsp; He was so still he could have been a statue.<br><br>She leaned toward him again, her mouth so close to his ear she could feel his heat on her lips so she let them brush against him when she spoke again.<br><br>"Do you want to go somewhere else?"&nbsp; She paused a second to let him take that in.&nbsp; "Do you want to save the next victime?"
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				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>23-04-2010, 05:43:34</strong>
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				"What do I have to do to make sure you don't kill anyone else?" He whispers quietly so only she can hear him. He didn't like the idea of cooperating with this demon but if it kept people alive he'd do it. He lights another cig and damn near inhales the whole thing in one go before holding it in for a few moments then lets it out slowly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>28-04-2010, 04:24:44</strong>
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				She could feel the anger rolling off of him in waves and smiled inwardly.&nbsp; He had no idea what he was asking for.&nbsp; Her hand reached out and slid up and down his back, fingers spreading over his shoulder blades, feeling the tension in him evident in the way he nearly inhaled the entire cigarette in one drag.&nbsp; <br><br>"What would you say if I told you I want you for a night?&nbsp; In exchange for that I'll let my next target or should I say victim survive.&nbsp; What do you think?"&nbsp; The smoke he exhaled in a thin stream disappeared into the air around them as she waited for him to answer.&nbsp; "I can go outside if you want some time to think about it."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>29-04-2010, 02:48:14</strong>
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				"No, he word comes out suddenly. What I mean is we should go outside to finish this converstaion. These other shouldn't hear it." He stand and pays the bar tab before starting to walk out. Once outside he leans against the wall and lights up another one as he weighs the options. If he let her have his body she would spare a life. He wasn't worried about being drained. Being what he was gave him an unlimited life energy. Its what kept him alive over the many years. See while he looked young he was actually over 200. Maybe he could keep her feeding off of him. Maybe if she could feed on him anytime she wanted she wouldn't go after others.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>06-05-2010, 03:00:29</strong>
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				“No.”&nbsp; The word startled her for a second and she actually thought he was turning down her offer, or what he thought her offer to be.&nbsp; That thought was gone the moment he indicated they should continue outside.&nbsp; Money slid across the bar and he was walking toward the door before the sentence was finished.&nbsp; A slow smile bloomed on her lips as she watched him walk away from her and caught the curious and hungry looks of the men scattered around the room.&nbsp; They wouldn’t be so hungry, she thought, if they knew the truth but it would still be fun to watch the realization widen their eyes before becoming the last thing they ever saw.<br><br>She stood and smoothed her hands over her rounded hips and backside, putting on a show for her audience, then finger-combed the waves of her shoulder length black hair away from her face before heading for the exit herself.&nbsp; The door opened easily for her and she started to step outside, but turned for a second and sent a thought around the room that left many of them gasping and mopping sweat beaded foreheads.<br><br>A moment later she stood in front of him balancing her weight on one leg as smoke from his cigarette wreathed around their heads.&nbsp; She had crossed her arms beneath her breasts and was looking up at him through a forest of long eyelashes fringing half-closed lids.<br><br>“Do you have an answer for me?” she asked.&nbsp; Her voice was soft and thick like cold syrup and oozed between them through the sparse fog that followed the earlier rain.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>06-05-2010, 05:06:27</strong>
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				"I pose a question for you. What would you do if you could feed off of one person, a willing person for the rest of your life, would you stop killing people?" He Takes a drag on his cig and lets the smoke drift out of the corner of his mouth where the wind takes it away off into the night.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>13-05-2010, 09:01:40</strong>
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				She looked at him, looked him in the eye and put a hand on his shoulder,&nbsp; holding him against the wall.&nbsp; Her grip was impossibly strong but her other hand, when she touched his chest and ran her fingers down his chest.<br><br>"I want more from you than that, my friend, but feeding is a good start."&nbsp; She leaned forward, tilted her head to one side and pressed her lips against his throat sucking a little of the flesh between her teeth and nipping him lightly before pulling back again. <br><br>"Just how far are you willing to go to protect these humans you seem to love so much?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>14-05-2010, 04:03:51</strong>
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				He glares at her clearly not happy that she is this close or that she has forced him to this decision. "If it keeps you from taking anymore human lives I will go as far as needed." He pulls from her grasp and side steps. "So do we have a deal or will it be a fight?" The wind picks up again blowing his hair out of his face and in the harsh green light of the neon sign his face looks withdrawn and pale and his eyes seem to glow.
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				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>23-05-2010, 03:14:14</strong>
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				"...as far as needed?&nbsp; Hmm?&nbsp; What exactly does that mean?"&nbsp; His step away didn't bother her.&nbsp; In fact, it pleased her.&nbsp; Things were going much better than she had hoped.&nbsp; She hadn't laid a trap for him but it was so much fun to watch him building his own and hold her responsible.&nbsp; Toying with him was so much fun, more than she'd had in a long, long time.<br><br>"You're going to have to be more specific if you want a deal.&nbsp; I'll fight if I have to but I don't want to.&nbsp; What is it humans say?&nbsp; Ah, yes...&nbsp; I'm a lover, not a fighter."&nbsp; In spite of her nonchalant words she was on alert.&nbsp; He was a warrior and he was frustrated with her and would not think twice about parting her head from her shoulders.&nbsp; His eyes were the only ones that were glowing in the night.&nbsp; 
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				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>26-05-2010, 23:18:24</strong>
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				He Sighs. "What I am saying is if you stop killing humans, I will voluntarily be your food, and.." He looks disgusted at his next words. "Your plaything." He looks at her with something slightly less than hatred in his eyes. "This will be a partnership though, and don't think you will get away with everything. Also if I find out you've hurt another human after this deal is made I will not hesitate to kill you."
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				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>30-05-2010, 04:42:20</strong>
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				She stood quietly, listening to him.&nbsp; The hint of a smile played behind the serious expression on her face and though she knew he hated her touch she went up to him and took his chin in her hand exerting irresistible pressure until he was looking into her eyes.<br><br>"Food?&nbsp; I don't want you for food."&nbsp; Her voice held a tinge of amusement and the hidden smile came into the light.&nbsp; Then as she move closer, her mouth only an inch from his so that he could feel the soft caress of her breath on his lips, she spoke again in a softer, sultry tone.&nbsp; "I want something more that food from you.&nbsp; I think you know what I mean and it must be given freely and with a certain amount of "enthusiasm" or the deal is off."<br><br>She would have kissed him then but held back, merely allowing the smallest spark of red to glint in the center of her eyes.&nbsp; It was just a hint of the power she could wield and a promise not to use it if he complied with her wishes.<br><br>"I don't want to force you, darling, and I won't.&nbsp; I'll just go back to what I've been doing but I'll be hunting a little higher on the food chain than homeless men."
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				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>30-05-2010, 12:16:31</strong>
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				He nods. "I know what you mean. you want me to willingly give myself to you. My terms stand. If you need to feed you do it from me, and don't harm anymore humans. In excahnge I will be yours, but you can't expect me to be enthusistic about it right away, I mean even if youy were human the fact would still be that I hardly know you." He now seems rather confused about the whole situation. "Is she actually managing to mess with my head?' He thinks to himself. now he felt like the prey, something he'd never elt like before. 
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				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>14-06-2010, 18:51:26</strong>
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				"...I hardly know you."&nbsp; Her laugh rang through the night after repeating his words.&nbsp; "You can be so amusing when you let yourself go."&nbsp; A sudden quiet descended on the night as though everything, including time, had stopped in its tracks waiting for the next move.<br><br>"You know me better than you think you do, darlin."&nbsp; Again her voice was low, with a hint of a growl behind it.&nbsp; The speck of a burning ember in her eyes glowed brighter.&nbsp; "You've been hunting me for a very long time, human, and you know me well.&nbsp; I've enjoyed the chase and eluding you but I'm bored with that.&nbsp; I want a different kind of fun now."&nbsp; <br><br>"You're uncomfortable," she said as she turned and took a few steps away from him.&nbsp; "That's the problem.&nbsp; You're uncomfortable."&nbsp; Now she looked at him again.&nbsp; "Take me to some place where you feel at ease, where you feel comfortable.&nbsp; We'll work on the enthusiasm."&nbsp; Her lips spread into a wicked little smile that was more naughty than evil.&nbsp; At least, that's what she wanted him to think.
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				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>15-06-2010, 01:12:54</strong>
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				He raises an eyebrow looking at her. "And just where do you think I'm comfortable? I hunt your kind for a living, never knowing when you might strike back. No place has been truely comfortable since I was set upon this path." He runs his hand through his hair and sighs. "But what you say about knowing is true I guess. To hunt one of your kind I have to know them to understand them." He looks back at her and shrugs. "Fine, lets go. I have a residence on the outskirts of the city. Thats about as comfortable as I get."
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				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>06-07-2010, 01:13:24</strong>
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				"Take me there, then," she said.&nbsp; The desire to be in his surroundings, the place where he lived, where his essence was the strongest, was so close to fulfillment she smiled as she followed him.&nbsp; She could have read him and moved them there in seconds but that would have put him off.&nbsp; It would have destroyed everything.&nbsp; His comfort was truly important to her.&nbsp; <br><br>He didn't trust her and he was right not to, although he was wrong to think she wanted to harm him.&nbsp; Of course, he might think what she intended was worse than what he feared.<br><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Paladin</strong> on <strong>10-07-2010, 02:14:43</strong>
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				He nods and starts walking to a full parking lot where he opens the door toa&nbsp; beatup yet still serviceable sportscar. "Get in the passenger side, and keep your hands and apendages where I can see them." He slides into the drivers seat and starts the car. "I want to know what your plans are?" He keeps talking as he puts the car in gear and backs out then spins the car and shoots off down the road o the outskirts of town.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Against all Odds (Paladin and Beguil's Mistress)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Beguile's Mistress</strong> on <strong>21-07-2010, 08:54:17</strong>
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				Her movements were fluid and graceful as she slid into the passenger seat of the little car and pulled the door firmly closed behind her.&nbsp; She followed his request with a smile, keeping her feet and knees together and folding her hands in her lap.&nbsp; The night air blowing through her hair was cold but she hardly felt it as he sped through the dark streets and down even darker roads toward his home.<br><br>"My plans?&nbsp; Hmm...&nbsp; I think you know what my immediate plans are," she purred, her voice barely carrying over the wind, "but my long-range goals are much more involved.&nbsp; I suppose it's in the nature of a test."&nbsp; She looked off into the night, knowing he was curious but feeling that he wouldn't ask another question and expose that interest to save his life.&nbsp; She decided to give a little more.<br><br>"You aren't the only one who watches, you know.&nbsp; There are others who watch, too.&nbsp; They watch you and they watch me.&nbsp; I asked for this encounter with you and I have a lot riding on it."&nbsp; A lot more than I'm willing to tell, she thought. <br><br>
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