“What’s up?” asked Landon. Tristan was about to speak, when someone caught his eye in the distance. He was dancing real close and intimately wit...h an attractive blonde that looked familiar, yet he couldn’t remember her name. “Tristan?” Landon looked behind him to see what had gotten his attention. “I tried to keep him away from her. You know Cassius, he does what he wants, even if he has to learn the hard way.” Tristan couldn’t take his eyes off him. “Dude, you’re not unto Chrissie, are you?”. "I don't think I know any CIA types, but then everyone probably knows one, but don't know that they know one. How confusing is that?" I asked."Yeah, that's why they call them SECRET agents," he said with a laugh."Never look a gift rat in the mouth, I guess." I said it light hearted, but I didn't like the government being even a little involved.I finally was able to get Abra alone again. "Abra, tell me something, who the fuck is in charge of your little band of merry mercenaries?" I asked.She. The starboard hive ship wove an evasive pattern to avoid ramming or getting rammed by its dying sister, meaning that the Halibut's missiles struck less vital areas. The result was still fatal, but now not instantly so. Landing craft began to launch from her undamaged hangar bay as Butler launched a colourful tirade against the perfidious Swarm.The rest of the Sa'arm forces began to mill as they grew confused. There was an observable threat in front, and clear evidence of an unobservable threat. He opened his mouth slightly, but didn’t make any sound. He had moved from general resistance to small resistances, like many before him had done.I leaned in and pressed my mouth against his. Again, he hesitated, his reluctance so strong I could taste it, but after a moment he began to respond. As his tongue entered my mouth, I drew it across the point of one of my fangs, and I felt him shudder. The strongest tool in my hunting arsenal is that fact that my bite does not bring pain, but.