Titans of Chaos

"One of those black ships shot past us while we were sliding down a pretty big wave. It shot overour heads like a rocket. I think we did that to one of them a moment ago. Boy, that looked scary.

Oops! There are Atlanteans aboard! Four of them! No-jeez-eight. They are swarming up the side,negating the distance to climb in one bound..."

Colin said, "Vanity, can you turn off the force field around the boat?"

Vanity said, "It's not a force field. The boundary for the laws of nature-"

"Can you?"

"Yes. It's done."

I said, "Two of them just got swept overboard."

Colin said, "Leader, with your permission, I'd like to go topside and repel boarders."

I said, "Granted. Don't get yourself killed, or your one-fourth of Chaos will attack the universe-"

He bent his head and kissed me.

He kissed me. Just like that.

It was warm and nice. His internal nature was as dark and fierce and masculine as any of theother boys' (I suppose I should call them men, considering) but he had a streak of loyalty, ofwolf-pack love of comrades, that made his male power gentler than the others'. You would neverguess it by looking at his outside, but Phobetor, the prince of dreams, had the soul of a poet, analmost feminine desire to be caught up and swept away by his emotions.

I yielded to that sweet hot kiss, and, before I knew what I was doing, I was pressing up to hishard, stern body with eager hunger, a yearning to surrender to him. There was a long, low moanin my throat I could not believe came from me. Only girls in movies, during kissing scenes, madethat noise. Didn't they?

He kissed me till I was out of breath, and then he relaxed his arm, so that I collapsed onto themattress, too warm and too happy to move.

I do not know if he was using a magic power on me to make me feel this way, or if all good kisseshave magic in them.

Wow. I sort of forgot that I didn't like him.

Be careful about looking into the inner nature of people you know. It might surprise you. Closeyour eyes when kissing, and your higher senses, too.

I did close my eyes for a moment.

My lips were tingling. So was my whole body. Wow.

"Now, you," I heard. Then, a kissing noise.

I sat up. I sort of remembered that I didn't like him: "Hey!" I said, outraged. What a cad. What aslap in the face.

I heard the noise of a slap in the face, right at that moment. "Mm-mmmph! Get off! Get away! Ibelong to Quentin!"