And here it is ladies and gents! The long awaited part 2.

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Cat leaned casually on the edge of the table, her Poker cards hidden in her slim hands.

Ian sat next to her, his hand creeping around her waist.

Without looking away from her cards, Cat slapped him.

Their fellow Poker player, Ben Gates, looked up at them.

Cat smiled coyly at him and pushed out a few chips, "Bump it 10." She said.

The others placed their own bets.

"Cards on the table," Ian said a few minutes later.

Ben laid down a three, a four, a six, and a seven. All except for the seven were diamonds.

Ian laid out a Jack, Queen, and King of Spades. He reached for the chips, but Cat shook her head.

"Uh-uh, baby boy." She smirked and showed them her hand, a Jack, a Queen, a King, and an Ace of clubs.

Ian glared falsely at her, but then gave her a quick kiss when Ben wasn't looking. "So, Ben," Ian began, "What was it you wanted to talk to us about?"

Ben glanced around before leaning across the table. "Okay, in 1832, the last remaining signer of the Declaration of Independence was dying. He went to see the president, but was unable to see him. So he took my great-great-great-grandfather into his confidence and passed him this clue." Ben pulled a worn slip of paper from his pocket.

Cat took it from him and proceeded to read it. "The secret lies with Charlotte." She raised an eyebrow. "How can this be any good to us? This Charlotte girl is probably long dead, taking the secret with her."

Ben shook his head. "See that's the thing, I don't think Charlotte is a woman. I think Charlotte is a ship. I was doing some research and came across the records of an old ship named the Charlotte around 1776 that was lost at sea. No one has been able to recover her."

Cat leaned forward, interested now. "What has this Charlotte that we would want?" She arched a perfect eyebrow.

Ben nodded, "Of course, supposedly she holds the secrets of treasure. My family has been hunting for it for six generations, but me? Well, I have no money to finance a trip to where the ship should be. That's were you two come in."

Ian gave Ben a bored look, "What's in this for us?"

Ben shrugged, "Who knows until we find the treasure."

Ian glanced at Cat who nodded. "All right, I'll help if you let me come with you."

Ben grinned, "Absolutely. I'll make all the necessary arrangements, you just get packed." He nearly tipped over his chair in his haste to get out and start preparing.

Cat cocked her head, "What exactly does this do for us?" She asked.

Ian grinned, "A large payday and perhaps a nice long vacation somewhere in the Caribbean." He gently kissed Cat before standing up to leave the public card room.

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Cat stretched her long pale arms out above her head. She rolled onto her side and gazed at the sleeping Ian next to her. "Come on, we've got to meet Ben at 5." She gently shook Ian and he groaned.

"Not so loud."

Cat rolled her eyes. "You shouldn't have had so much to drink last night, now let's go!" She said even louder than before as she jerked the covers off of Ian.

Ian tumbled to the floor. "Do you have to do that?" He growled.

Cat flipped her hair over her shoulder and headed off to take a shower. It would be her last for several days. She had just turned on the shower when the bathroom door opened.

Ian slipped into the bathroom.

Cat opened the shower door a little bit. "Ian, you're not supposed to be in here. I'm trying to take a shower." She smirked as he removed his thin shirt.

"I know, but we both so enjoy taking showers together…" He trailed off as he removed the last of his clothes and slipped into the shower beside her. He cupped her chin in his hand. "I love you." He whispered, kissing her deeply.

Cat broke the kiss first, as she came up for air.

Ian, however, seemed not to need the air as he trailed kisses down her neck and onto her chest. His fingers traced circles on her lower back.

Cat ruffled his wet blonde hair with her fingers as she moaned.

The Englishman smiled at his lover as he recaptured her lips and pressed her firmly against the wall.

"Ian, we have to meet up with Ben." Cat whispered as she caught his ear between her teeth and nibbled lightly on it.

Ian stopped his kisses. "Fine, be that way." He pretended to pout and gave her these great big "puppy" eyes.

She felt herself soften. "I'll take a long shower with you when we get back, but we have a job. Remember?"

Ian nodded. He then reached up and pulled a bottle of body wash off of the top shelf and dumped a blob into his hand. He began to massage the soap into Cat's pale skin.

Cat felt for a moment like purring. The sensations were unbelievable. She proceeded to pin Ian against the wall.

"I thought you said we needed to meet Ben." Ian murmured into her mouth.

The redhead smirked, "Ben can wait." Then she pressed herself firmly against Ian.

Let's put it this way, they had an interesting shower.

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"Glad you guys could make it for the trip." Ben said grasping their hands.

Ian grinned, "Wouldn't miss this for the world." He turned to Cat, "I have a surprise for you."

Cat raised an eyebrow. "And what would that be?"

A man with very short hair and firm muscles appeared from behind the jet.

"Shaw!" Cat cried, launching herself out of Ian's embrace.

Shaw caught his younger cousin in his arms. "How has Ian been treating you?" He asked.

The look on Cat's face was all the info that Shaw needed. He laughed and hugged her tightly. "It's great to see you again." He whispered.

Cat kissed her cousin on the cheek. "You too." She disentangle herself from Shaw's iron grip and watched as he went back to pack the jet before returning to Ian's side.

Ben mockingly bowed to Cat and gave her a big smile. "Hello, Catrina. Long time no see."

Cat smiled back, "Yes, a very long time." She wrapped an arm around Ian's broad shoulders.

Just then a young man with a dorky knit hat on showed up.

"Riley, we aren't even in a temperature that requires something like that." Ben said bluntly, pointing at the guy's hat.

"A black-haired cat crossed my path this morning as I was leaving the house, that's bad luck." The man called Riley retorted.

Cat smiled silkily, "I hope you don't have anything against red-haired "Cat"s."

Riley glanced at her nervously, "Ben, who is the creepy lady with Ian?"

Ben stifled a laugh. "This is Catrina Van Tassel, Ian's girlfriend. She's a brilliant artist."

A smiled crossed Cat's face. "That's me."

Ian shifted the pack on his free shoulder as he extended a hand to Riley. "I'm Ian Howe."

Riley tentatively gripped his hand. "Riley Poole."

"Riley is the only guy I found that was crazy enough to believe in the treasure was real and could help us find the Charlotte. He's a technology genius." Ben picked up a bag. "Well, we should get going."

Cat slung her bag over one shoulder and started off towards the loading area.

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I'm sorry for the delay on this chapter. And on all my other stories, but I've been hitting roadblocks extremely hard lately. So please bear with me. I don't think that "Reign of Fire" will be continuing any time soon as I have rather lost interest in the story. I will at least try to get a chapter posted, but it won't happen any time soon. I'm really swamped with school, friends, and a lot of drama is happening with my fam. So thanks for being my loyal readers.