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debtor’s prison. You felt responsible for him, and I can understand that …
    he is the only family you have left. But trust me on this one, if you put your faith in Lord Aries, he will help you rescue your uncle from that cesspool of a prison.”
    Without realizing it, she had been slowly moved by Talia’s words. “What the bloody hell is the matter with me? I’m a jumble of frayed nerves and tattered emotions. I feel like crying one minute and yelling the next. This swift alteration in my emotional mood is completely unlike me.”
    “It’s because you’re in a constant state of arousal. You’re quite simply ....”
    “Frustrated. I get it. You didn’t need to spell it out for me, I might be in a volatile mood, but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with my faculties.”
    “There isn’t? You have a God-like man standing in front of you, willing to worship you with all that he has, and you literally gave him the cold shoulder.”
    “Well, it’s not in my moral code to fuck a man that has kidnapped me! You have got to be out of your mind, Talia.”
    “You will not just be having a mindless ‘ fuck ’ as you so vulgarly put it, it will be a very rewarding and fulfilling experience.”
    “Whatever you want to say in your brainwashed haze. I’m not listening to any of it. Where are we, anyway? Don’t tell me this is the apartment you share with what’s his name.”
    “Mathias. His name is Mathias D’Valas.
    “Okay. Mathias, it is. But why are you coexisting in perfect harmony with him?
    You should be railing against the injustice of your situation … you have no passion fever anymore, and even though you say you shot Mathias, he certainly doesn’t look any the worse for wear.”
    “I shot him. And two days later, we were madly, passionately in love. These men have a way of getting right under your skin, they have a way of unlocking your heart, and making you see how wonderful the world is with them in it.”
    “I’m going to gag, you know that?” She started to wander around the room, stopping when she noticed what looked to be bottled water. Licking her dry lips, she remembered that she hadn’t had a drink in a few hours, and she was so thirsty. Reaching for an unopened bottle, she opened it, and drank almost the whole bottle save for a measly drop, before Talia noticed what she had in her hands.
    “Good God. I turn my back for one minute, and you’re into the drink. I just can’t believe it. You take reckless to a whole other level.”
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    “It’s water.”
    “Water, my ass. You just downed almost a whole bottle of alcohol.”
    “It doesn’t taste like alcohol, it’s actually quite refreshing.”
    “That may be so, but it’s also the Gaian equivalent of Vodka. I really hope you can hold your alcohol. I’m thinking though that if you haven’t had anything to eat recently, you’re going to be more than a bit tipsy. I don’t envy you the hangover you’re going to have from drinking that much. On the other hand, Lord Aries might be really happy when he finds out that you drank it. It also acts as an aphrodisiac. You won’t be able to hold yourself back from ripping his clothes off. Oh, dear … you have really done it now, Captain. You are in deep.”
    Her vision clouded for the briefest second. The milky haze in her eyes gradually cleared. Breathing in deeply, she reached for the side of the table that the Gaian vodka sat on. “You know what?” She hiccupped. “Damn. I need to eat some bread or something else that will absorb the alcohol content running through my blood right now. I’m not going to make a bloody fool of myself. I don’t get drunk easy.” She let out a large belch before she could hold it back.
    “For not getting drunk easy, I think you’re already well on your way there. How do you feel? Are you getting lightheaded? If you start feeling like you want to dance the cha cha, let me know, and I’ll go and fetch Lord