Mags took a step back. She observed Theo. Did he want to end the game? He hadn't used the safe word. Did he remember it?

"Showing your true colors, are you, Bats?"

He smiled briefly. He remembered. He said: "Let us go, Catwoman. I'll give you an hour from the instant you cut Vicki lose. Run as far and as fast as you can, because the next time I catch you, I'll throw you in a six-foot cage with a ball of yarn and a litter-box, and tell 'em to lose the key."

It was her turn to smile. Good move, she thought; in character. Her smile became seductive. She...