“Do you understand what I mean now?” Amanda spoke in a different and more alluring voice as

they broke from a deep kiss.

Dimitri could only nod. It was indeed a different kiss that what he is used to. He did not think that

a kiss could be that warm, that the tongue could be used that way; that it could this . . . good.

Amanda smiled warmly at him and pulled him closer for another kiss. Using what she practiced

with the harpy, Amanda deftly took off what remained of Dimitri’s upper clothes while kissing.

Dimitri saw this as an opportunity and slid the thin shoulder straps of...