CH.11
It was 5 p.m. when Stephanie rang the doorbell. She was waiting for Jackson but when the door opened, she surprisingly saw Riddick just in front of her, wearing goggles, black pants and a black tanktop. "Where's Jackson?" "Gave him a holiday" and he gestured her to come in. Good. She felt the tension inside her, growing. He observed her with attention. She wore black pants, black combat boots, and a black sleeveless t-shirt. "So?" she asked feeling uneasy under his look. "You're more flashing than a lamp" he said smiling ironically. She'd had to be offended by his words, but his look, his expression was so winning, that she couldn't resist and smiled back at him. "I'm sorry. I'm not a pro in this kind of work" she teased him smiling maliciously. "Tie up your hair." He said smiling back at her words and shaking his head as to underline his words. She tied up her hair in a long and more practical plait. "Better?" she asked him raising an eyebrow, with a provoking tone. "Still not. Come here" he ordered her. She approached him and he started to spread something dark, kind of cream on her face, then on her shoulders. "What's that?" she asked him smelling the air. "Your hiding system" he ironically answered grinning and continuing to spread it with soft touch on her skin. She gave him a warning look but didn't reply. His touch was so delicate and decisive, that she discovered to like it. It was all so neutral, casual and at the same time all so strangely sexy. He looked at her checking the final result. Now it was better, but like this, her eyes were like two big blue pools. It was incredible, even with the face dirtied by that cream, she was fascinating to him, he couldn't help but feel attracted to her. He smiled ironically as to hide his feelings. "Ok. Think now it's gonna work" he said in the end.
Then he briefly explained his plan. "How can you trust me? I mean, if I do something wrong, if I make a mistake." she tried to ask him. "We'll be caught and sent to slam" he dryly answered her. She swallowed worried. He chuckled. Then becoming serious "It's better for you not to screw up" he firmly added. She nodded silently. ------------------------------------
Around midnight a black sport car, was parked in front of one side of the Count's house wall. It was Riddick's. "So how do you feel?" he asked her looking straight ahead through the darkness. "Scared. Is that what you wanted to hear?" she said with an angry voice, looking at him. He chuckled and turned his face looking at her from behind his goggles but said nothing. They still waited there in the dark little cockpit, filled completely by Riddick's imposing body and his magnetism. It was for her a long everlasting time that made her become more and more nervous. "Calm down" he said almost guessing her feelings. She closed her eyes for a while, breathing, trying to follow his advice. "Let's go" he suddenly said. She opened her eyes and looked at him. Now she was nervous. They joined the high exterior wall. He had some kind of gun with a special hook at the end and shot it toward the top of the wall. Then, he started to climb the wall. She observed his feline movements, amazed by his incredible agility notwithstanding his powerful big body. Once on the top, he worked on the alarm camera, changing their positions a little. Then he waved to Stephanie. It was her turn to climb the wall. She was worried because she'd never done it before. It was hard and it took her a long time to climb it , then he leaned forward and gave her a hand to join him on top of the wall. "If I had known this before, I'd have trained a little" she ironically said once near to him. This wrung him a smile. "C'mon" he said. Riddick took out his goggles and looked around. "So?" she asked. He showed her the nearest tree in front of them. "See it? We have to jump on it, there is a sensitive alarm all along the garden." He explained her. "Show me the way" she simply replied. He mentally calculated the distance, then with a leap forward he was in the tree. Stephanie watched his feline graceful jumping; he was amazing. Now it was her turn. She looked at him in the darkness, his eyes shined, she was worried. It was far, so damn far. She crouched down to jump when she heard him: "No. Don't do it. Don't jump if you're not ready to do it. Concentrate." He was right. She breathed concentrating and then she jumped. It was a good one because she almost made it, but at her landing one foot slipped and she fell, grabbing the branch of the tree desperately. She was hanging down and slowly sliding. "Riddick!" she whispered looking at him scared with a prayer in her eyes. "I'm.I'm falling!" she told him scared then she lost her grip. "No! You're not!" he said, immediately holding her by her forearm. She was hanging down now, completely held by him. "Help me!.Help me!" she whispered scared. He didn't say anything, smiled and lifted her up slowly, as easy as if she were a twig. Finally she was on the tree next to him, he held her in his arms. She was panting loudly with relief. They were nearer to the house now. He jumped on the balcony in front of them and she followed him, this time easily. They entered through the window Riddick opened without making noise. She discovered herself thinking for a while, what had he ever done in his past, but she immediately chased these thoughts away, this was not the time nor place. Once inside she looked around, it was a large, luxurious bedroom. She blushed a little, not exactly sure about the reason for her shame. "Interesting place" he simply said, as if he knew what she had been thinking. They heard sounds coming from downstairs, there was probably a party. "Hurry up" he said and moved toward the safe. Everything happened so fast then. Riddick opened it, and looking inside, finding what he was looking for: the gold chain with that big pendant. He took it. She observed Riddick taking the pendant in his hand. It was made of gold, but nothing special. She still didn't know why he was so attached to this pendant but said nothing, it shouldn't concern her. "Is that what you were looking for?" she discovered herself asking him. "Yes." He simply said. Observing it as if it was the most beautiful thing in the world. "But what." she started to say. "Is so special about it?" Riddick finished her question. She nodded and looked at him with questioning eyes. He held it in his fingers turning it to admire it once more. Then he worked fast on it and suddenly, the pendant opened and took the shape of a key . "This is the key to my pension" he said proudly looking at the key in his hands. She said nothing just waited. "It leads to a P.O. box in which I hid some.diamonds" he ended softly more to himself than to her. Then he shook his head and closed the key back as a pendant and put it in his pocket. Then he took a little velour bag from one of his pants pockets and replaced the original. "What's that?" she asked . "A perfect copy" he answered taking out the bag and leaving the jewel. "It's incredible!" said Stephanie amazed by the resemblance. Riddick nodded satisfied and put it inside, then he closed the safe. "Say something about that to someone, in any moment , and I'll find you and kill you" he said with a tough voice. Then as if nothing had happened he turned and said "Let's go". But it was at that moment that a sound of steps broke the silence. Riddick immediately switched off the torch indicating her to hide under the single bed placed on a side of this room.
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It was 5 p.m. when Stephanie rang the doorbell. She was waiting for Jackson but when the door opened, she surprisingly saw Riddick just in front of her, wearing goggles, black pants and a black tanktop. "Where's Jackson?" "Gave him a holiday" and he gestured her to come in. Good. She felt the tension inside her, growing. He observed her with attention. She wore black pants, black combat boots, and a black sleeveless t-shirt. "So?" she asked feeling uneasy under his look. "You're more flashing than a lamp" he said smiling ironically. She'd had to be offended by his words, but his look, his expression was so winning, that she couldn't resist and smiled back at him. "I'm sorry. I'm not a pro in this kind of work" she teased him smiling maliciously. "Tie up your hair." He said smiling back at her words and shaking his head as to underline his words. She tied up her hair in a long and more practical plait. "Better?" she asked him raising an eyebrow, with a provoking tone. "Still not. Come here" he ordered her. She approached him and he started to spread something dark, kind of cream on her face, then on her shoulders. "What's that?" she asked him smelling the air. "Your hiding system" he ironically answered grinning and continuing to spread it with soft touch on her skin. She gave him a warning look but didn't reply. His touch was so delicate and decisive, that she discovered to like it. It was all so neutral, casual and at the same time all so strangely sexy. He looked at her checking the final result. Now it was better, but like this, her eyes were like two big blue pools. It was incredible, even with the face dirtied by that cream, she was fascinating to him, he couldn't help but feel attracted to her. He smiled ironically as to hide his feelings. "Ok. Think now it's gonna work" he said in the end.
Then he briefly explained his plan. "How can you trust me? I mean, if I do something wrong, if I make a mistake." she tried to ask him. "We'll be caught and sent to slam" he dryly answered her. She swallowed worried. He chuckled. Then becoming serious "It's better for you not to screw up" he firmly added. She nodded silently. ------------------------------------
Around midnight a black sport car, was parked in front of one side of the Count's house wall. It was Riddick's. "So how do you feel?" he asked her looking straight ahead through the darkness. "Scared. Is that what you wanted to hear?" she said with an angry voice, looking at him. He chuckled and turned his face looking at her from behind his goggles but said nothing. They still waited there in the dark little cockpit, filled completely by Riddick's imposing body and his magnetism. It was for her a long everlasting time that made her become more and more nervous. "Calm down" he said almost guessing her feelings. She closed her eyes for a while, breathing, trying to follow his advice. "Let's go" he suddenly said. She opened her eyes and looked at him. Now she was nervous. They joined the high exterior wall. He had some kind of gun with a special hook at the end and shot it toward the top of the wall. Then, he started to climb the wall. She observed his feline movements, amazed by his incredible agility notwithstanding his powerful big body. Once on the top, he worked on the alarm camera, changing their positions a little. Then he waved to Stephanie. It was her turn to climb the wall. She was worried because she'd never done it before. It was hard and it took her a long time to climb it , then he leaned forward and gave her a hand to join him on top of the wall. "If I had known this before, I'd have trained a little" she ironically said once near to him. This wrung him a smile. "C'mon" he said. Riddick took out his goggles and looked around. "So?" she asked. He showed her the nearest tree in front of them. "See it? We have to jump on it, there is a sensitive alarm all along the garden." He explained her. "Show me the way" she simply replied. He mentally calculated the distance, then with a leap forward he was in the tree. Stephanie watched his feline graceful jumping; he was amazing. Now it was her turn. She looked at him in the darkness, his eyes shined, she was worried. It was far, so damn far. She crouched down to jump when she heard him: "No. Don't do it. Don't jump if you're not ready to do it. Concentrate." He was right. She breathed concentrating and then she jumped. It was a good one because she almost made it, but at her landing one foot slipped and she fell, grabbing the branch of the tree desperately. She was hanging down and slowly sliding. "Riddick!" she whispered looking at him scared with a prayer in her eyes. "I'm.I'm falling!" she told him scared then she lost her grip. "No! You're not!" he said, immediately holding her by her forearm. She was hanging down now, completely held by him. "Help me!.Help me!" she whispered scared. He didn't say anything, smiled and lifted her up slowly, as easy as if she were a twig. Finally she was on the tree next to him, he held her in his arms. She was panting loudly with relief. They were nearer to the house now. He jumped on the balcony in front of them and she followed him, this time easily. They entered through the window Riddick opened without making noise. She discovered herself thinking for a while, what had he ever done in his past, but she immediately chased these thoughts away, this was not the time nor place. Once inside she looked around, it was a large, luxurious bedroom. She blushed a little, not exactly sure about the reason for her shame. "Interesting place" he simply said, as if he knew what she had been thinking. They heard sounds coming from downstairs, there was probably a party. "Hurry up" he said and moved toward the safe. Everything happened so fast then. Riddick opened it, and looking inside, finding what he was looking for: the gold chain with that big pendant. He took it. She observed Riddick taking the pendant in his hand. It was made of gold, but nothing special. She still didn't know why he was so attached to this pendant but said nothing, it shouldn't concern her. "Is that what you were looking for?" she discovered herself asking him. "Yes." He simply said. Observing it as if it was the most beautiful thing in the world. "But what." she started to say. "Is so special about it?" Riddick finished her question. She nodded and looked at him with questioning eyes. He held it in his fingers turning it to admire it once more. Then he worked fast on it and suddenly, the pendant opened and took the shape of a key . "This is the key to my pension" he said proudly looking at the key in his hands. She said nothing just waited. "It leads to a P.O. box in which I hid some.diamonds" he ended softly more to himself than to her. Then he shook his head and closed the key back as a pendant and put it in his pocket. Then he took a little velour bag from one of his pants pockets and replaced the original. "What's that?" she asked . "A perfect copy" he answered taking out the bag and leaving the jewel. "It's incredible!" said Stephanie amazed by the resemblance. Riddick nodded satisfied and put it inside, then he closed the safe. "Say something about that to someone, in any moment , and I'll find you and kill you" he said with a tough voice. Then as if nothing had happened he turned and said "Let's go". But it was at that moment that a sound of steps broke the silence. Riddick immediately switched off the torch indicating her to hide under the single bed placed on a side of this room.
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