“Christina, I…” he began, but the woman reached out with her right hand and laid a soft finger across his mouth, silencing his words. “Say nothing, Dexter,” she intoned in a voice as haunting and melodic as he would ever hear in his life. “We have adjoining rooms upstairs, but for tonight, I think we will need only one, don't you?” Dexter nodded, his mouth too dry to reply and Christina reached out to enfold him in her arms, drawing him close to her. The feel of her body in such close proximity to his own made Dexter tremble with anticipation. The stirring in his loins couldn't be denied and he felt himself melting into the arms of the beautiful woman who held him closely. Her lips came ever closer, until they met with his and Dexter again tasted the sheer bliss and temptation that Chris

