" He grinned devilishly and I stood in shock at the base of the stairs while he slowly went up the stairs. He knew I'd never been a fast runner, and h...e also knew I'd never done anything with a guy. I tripped stepping up the first stair. I crawled up until I was equal with him and we raced to the top step. He won.My heart couldn't have been beating faster. He took my hand and pulled me down the corridor, into what I think was his room. He laid me gently on his bed and I sat up, looking into his. "Who is your latest girl?" He asked, eying thedark haired beauty. "She was an assassin," Ashir noted in a voice tinged with vile sarcasm.From the darkness his beady eyes avidly watched Hakim's face for theslightest reaction. "Paid in blood red coins from this very city." An assassin? How novel," Hakim noted, his face impassive."Yes. Kilis by name. I made a likeness of him to adorn the marketgallows." Ashir watched his companion with a deadpan grin upon his thinmirthless lips. Ashir had already. Standing up on wobbly legs, he managed to compose himself enough to stand on his own. He grabbed Elizabeth's hand and began walking through the crowd, taking her swiftly with him. Making his way across the crowded room and upstairs, he looked through a couple rooms until he found an empty bedroom. "Come inside," he said, pulling her into the room and shutting the door. Elizabeth's heart was racing - this was the moment she had always dreamed of! Andrew took her over to the bed and sat down on. “Let’s get you signed in.”“No kiss?” she asked.I kissed her softly, then let her go and signed her in. We walked back to the elevator which was still at the ground floor and I pressed the button for the sixth floor.“I take it you snuck out?” I said.“Mom and Dad are out until after midnight. I borrowed Mindy’s car so they won’t see any extra miles on my mom’s car.”“I still think it’s too dangerous for you to be here, but you’re here, so it’s too late to do anything about that.”“You’re upset?”I.