But not with words, she said it with the way she breathed, the way she let me see her naked, the way she let me overpower her with me eyes. I smile, t...elling her that her wish was my command. Once I reached the bed, she slowly moved back into a sitting position against the headboard. Once she could no longer mover, I pulled the sheet away to completely reveal the body that has been taunting me. The pure beauty that radiated from her nude body enchanted me. Her devilish smirk appeared and I knew. " Hesitating, she continued, "Sir, I'm not open tonight but if you want to share my meager food you may."That night started a slow, fumbling relationship between the two. He sat silently, at a loss for words. After a few quiet questions from her he talked of his life, his love for the lost Martha, the pride he had in his son and the large lonely house he lived in. Dinner was plain food but prepared well and coffee afterwards was better than his housekeeper usually prepared.Afterwards, not know. "Wow," I exclaimed. "You're gorgeous." I was almost gaping. Iglanced Mike out of the corner of my eye and noticed he was having asimilar reaction.Samantha blushed deeply before sitting down. "Thanks," he managedquietly."You really are beautiful," Mike finally managed. "I'm jealous." Ifelt like I'd won the lottery when I heard him say that, because I knewwhere this was going.For a few minutes Samantha tried to convince Mike that he would be justas pretty and Mike tried to convince Samantha. "It didn't just eat itself, now did it?" She pulled at her arm, still held tightly in my grip, as though to strike the child again. I didn't let go, and grabbed her other wrist in my other hand just in case. My new strength from the Joining helped, as did weeks of constant travel and sparring; the soft noblewoman had no chance.Looking at the gaunt figure before me, I knew there was no way the kid had eaten an entire wheel of cheese. His stomach would have been distended half-way across the room.