“If we are attacked, you free and arm yourself. But don’t fight unless you have to. Try to hide and stay out of the way. Otherwise…”
“Otherwise I remain just as Mistress Toni has left me. And I don’t tell anyone but Jeri.”
“Exactly.” Toni hesitated, then dropped her voice even lower. “Don’t panic and stab me if I sneak back in here later.”
At last she kissed him on the lips, hard. His sharp inhale of surprise snatched the breath from her, and she pulled back before getting carried away. Winking at his aching amazement, craving intimacy with him now even more than she did with Jeri, Toni left him there. She killed the light and closed the door firmly behind her.
After visiting the bathroom too, she found the bedroom she’d been assigned already dark. She stripped and slipped into the que
