'Cut 'im loose.'With relief I felt the rope unwound from my arms, and as soon as they were free I began to stretch the soreness out of my limbs. At fi...rst it actually hurt more to move my arms. The long rope had wrapped well up my arms, leaving deep grooves in my skin that now felt prickly as circulation returned. As I tried to rub feeling back into my hands, I privately congratulated myself for being clever enough to get the rope removed. Hopefully it would simplify my escape should another. "Ahh. Hi, Tereza. My name is Kresimir." Tereza nodded. That was all shecould do for now. She wanted to do more and when she finally could moveher arms she moved one of her arms to hide her breasts."Oh, don't be shy Tereza," he urged her. It nearly broke her heart to seehis crestfallen face. Slowly her arm slid downward again and his smilereturned. Was it his smile or the spreading warmth of her flame that madeher nipples stand attention. His gentle urging spurred her on. Graduallyshe became. Wong. I congratulated her on joining the board and told her it was long overdue. She smiled her gratitude and I think she knew I was sincere. She promised to arrange the meeting for Friday which would give us the most time for preparation. I asked her if she and I could meet to discuss the business in general and she immediately agreed. I would normally have asked this of Mr. Yee Fung, but I could see that even our brief meeting this morning had worn him out. We would have to be mindful of this. They had never heard of Pan.The ship that had brought Kat to Aste had been hiding in orbit, snugged up in the shadow of a sensor satellite, had been monitoring communications and waiting to be called in for pickup. That ship had been in position to observe a ship, a retired Union Navy cruiser, sneak out of orbit, shortly after Kat arrived. The sensor readings had been compared to known ships and Agency assets had been able to identify and track the ship. When Kat, along with a team of Marines.