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could.
    She was a third of the way through it when he got to his feet and brought out a bottle of wine. He poured two glasses and set them on the table.
    She reached out and sipped at the rich, dark purple wine. She smiled. “It matches your eyes.”
    He laughed. “I am assured that the resemblance is coincidental. It is not an indicator of content.”
    She giggled and looked at the wine suspiciously.
    Bella returned to eating, but she felt distinctly relaxed. A second sip relaxed her even more, and by the third sip, she was debating asking him some pointed questions and failing the debate in leaps and bounds.
    “Do you have sex with employees?”
    He coughed and cleared his palate with the wine. “Not normally.”
    She settled and neared the bottom of her plate. “Pity.”
    His eating utensil dropped to the table and he picked it up. “Liaison Banks, are you feeling all right?”
    She nodded. “Yes. I don’t have to drive anywhere, so I am feeling just fine.”
    She finished her food and then finished her wine. It was going to be a fun walk back to her house. She hoped that the sensors could manage the zigzag pattern. It was all she could manage.
     

Chapter Five
     
     
    Before they had left the kitchen, Lord Akking had managed to deduce that she was plastered.
    “This is highly irregular, Lord Akking.” She kicked her feet, but he had her up in his arms and was striding up to the third floor.
    “I am aware of that. I was not aware of how easily your species would be affected by the wine.”
    She wrinkled her nose and examined her fingers. Her right-hand fingers were bigger than her left. Weird.
    She kicked again and then asked, “Where are we going?”
    “To my quarters. I do not want you to be alone in your condition, and no one else is awake to care for you. Well, no one not on duty.”
    “Don’t you have guestrooms?”
    “I do, but I don’t want you to be alone tonight.”
    “Why not?” She prodded at his chest with a finger. There was no yielding.
    “Because I am not sure what will happen next. You seem to be having a strong reaction to our wine.”
    “Most of my meals don’t have wine involved.” She smiled absently and looked up at him. “The food was really nice.”
    “Thank you. You don’t cook?”
    “I only have a basic understanding of what I am eating here. The food of Kloa isn’t configured like what I am used to.” She swung her feet restlessly.
    He snorted. “You have a lot of energy for someone who nearly tipped over.”
    She sighed. “Way back, when I was a teenager, I would engage in a little underage drinking and dance until I couldn’t feel my legs.”
    “So, your legs are dancing?”
    She looked over her knees to her feet kicking out from her skirt. “Yup. I think that’s what they are doing. I would have to be standing up to know for sure.”
    Doors opened and closed as he walked the halls of the private wing of the club.
    “Are there guests still here?” Bella blinked at him with eyes that were having trouble focusing.
    “There are. We maintain six guestrooms, and three of them are currently occupied.”
    She nodded slowly.
    The final set of doors took them through a casual chamber with couches and a vid screen and, from there, a few steps took them into his bedroom.
    He slid her down his body with a sigh. “You have a lot of muscle on you for someone so slender. I thought you would be a little wisp of a thing.”
    She chuckled and held onto his shoulders for balance. “Wisp has never described me. Since I have not had anything else to do, I work out every night.”
    She felt herself swaying against him; she chuckled. “It looks like the legs still want to dance.”
    He whistled sharply and music filled the air.
    “You have that ready to go?”
    Lord Akking shrugged. “It comes in handy.”
    He moved, and she stepped with him. To her surprise, he danced with her.
    They stepped, turned, twisted, dipped and spun. Her laughter spilled out into the room, and