Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! And welcome to the next chapter of Mass Effect: Spade. Now, first, I think I should apologize for not posting any sooner. A lot has been going this past week, and I didn't have time to work on Spade until the past weekend. A lot of personal issues, but not to worry, it has been resolved.

Now, for this chapter, it is mainly fluff with Eden and Adrian, but also some tension going with Adrian. Virmire is just around the corner, and I'm excited to get into that series of chapters. Some serious shit gets down, in the game and in Spade.

Also, I just have to say this. My condolences to all those who were lost this past week. The Boston Marathon bombings and West Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion. I'm a runner myself, and it is a dream of mine to run the Marathon. Seeing the bombings and hearing about the three who were killed and those who were injured, honestly made me sick. My condolences to the three families that will never be the same, and I wish a speedy and healthy recover for those who were injured during the attack. Also, being a Texan myself, the West, Texas Explosion is another tragedy that I wished never happened. My condolences to the firefighters that were killed, and to the families as well. So much tragedy in one week, and it got me to reflect. I spent my week calling all my friends I haven't talked to the past year and spend time with family. And I just have this to ask of you. Even in the midst of tragedy, keep those you love close to you and remember those you care for. No matter what country you live in, take the time to call those you care about, and spend time you have with them. You never know what will happen the next day.

That said, back to business.

With out further delay, I give you the next chapter for Mass Effect: Spade. Sit back, relax, and enjoy.

Chapter 18: Nightmares, Sweet Dreams, and Mess Hall Brawl's.

Adrian's POV

I was floating, and everything was dark and cold. I opened my eyes and all I could see was nothing but a sea of black. Cold, empty, darkness. And I was just floating. Lifeless and unmoving. Was I dead? Did I fail?

"You have failed" What? A voice, but who? Who can it be?

"You have failed. Like the ones before you" Before me? What? Who was before me? What is going on? I tried to look around. Tried to see if there was anything. But I could not move. I could not feel.

"Everyone who has trusted you is dead, or doomed to death." What is this? What the fuck is going on?

A light. Light? It comes closer and it forms into the shape of a person. Who- Robert? Is that Robert?

"Names Robert. Robert Peers." Not Robert. A memory. The time I met my first team. There is Shun, little bastard. And then Stephanie. Her brown hair kept in a ponytail. Yes. This was the time I met them.

"Shun! Get away-" An explosion. Fire. Screams. Shun burnt to a crisp.

"The first you have failed." That voice again.

"Adrian! We need cover!" Another memory?

Yes. Illium. Robert, Steph, and myself were hired to take out an Asari working with the Eclipse mercs.

"I have a shot Robert!" That was me. I remember. I had a close shot of the target, but Robert and Stephanie were pinned by mercs.

"Forget it Adrian! We need to get-"

"Robert!"

A warp field. I highly charged Warp field. Ripped through Roberts body as if it was nothing but wet paper.

"The second." Who the fuck is this!?

"Promise me you will retire from this? I can't bare the fact of losing you too Adrian." The Citadel. My apartment. Stephanie, in the nude, lying under my sheets. I just got called for another hit job.

"This is the last one Steph. I promise." I leaned in and kissed her. Then left. The memory fades in and another is replaced.

"Where would you like to have dinner babe?" That was me.

"Anywhere is fine. I heard there is a new Sushi place we can try out." Stephanie. Her hand in mine. We talk. We walked. Hand in hand with smiles on our faces. Then, she sees something. Something that causes her to run ahead.

"I'm sorry…" she whispers. Tears in her eyes. I'm confused and step forward.

Only to see her head pop. Blood and grey matter everywhere.

"The last you have failed. You have failed them all. And you will fail once again."

My memories. The images. Flashing. I see everyone. Everyone I've known. Nalik. Kadick and Reina.

"So. You've dated a Turian." Garrus and I talking in the mess.

"What does Shepard like?" Liara asking me about Eden.

"You think there is room for an old Krogan like me?" Wrex asking about the Mandalorians on Noveria.

"That is a nice piece of armor." Ashley checking out my new armor.

"How are you holding up?" Tali when I visited her during my recover from Feros.

"Adrian." Kadian, on a normal day.

And then, She came into view. Eden. The black hair, green eyed beauty from Mindior. All the memoires flashed before my eyes. The moment we first met (and pulled a gun on me). Therum and taking a Warp field for her, only increasing the damage I had on my burns. Fighting alongside her on Feros and Noveria. The night we talked when I woke up after Feros. The week of RnR when she and I spent all our time together. All the talks we had. Everything. This woman is the reason why I'm here. The reason why I'm still fighting. She gave me a purpose. A whole new purpose. And I WILL save her.

"But you can't" That voice. Who is it? What is it?

"You can't change the course of destiny." What? "One will die on Virmire. And one will die after Saren."

No.

"Yes."

No. I won't let that happen.

"It is inevitable. A death must occur."

No. I can stop it. I can change it.

"You can't. If you do, you will fail."

The how? How can I save her?

"In order to replace a death, there must be death."

"Gaaah!" I screamed and shot up from my bed. My combat knife in my hand. Where am I? Steel room, desk, chair, terminal. My room? Yes. My room. I'm on the Normandy.

"Just a nightmare…" I placed my knife on my nightstand and swung my legs over. One hell of a nightmare, that is for sure. Never had something like that before. What did it mean?And what was that voice? Could it be- No. There is no way. They've been dead for a long time. But those memories. All the memories I have of everyone. Everyone I've met over the course of my time here in Mass Effect. From my old squad to this one.

"Ah, damn…" I hissed. My burns started to flare. Great. I'm really starting to hate these burns. I look at the time, and it is way too early, or late. One of the two. You know, that time of day where it is morning but really isn't. It just hurts thinking about it.

I stood up, put a pair of black athletic pants on and a pair of socks. Didn't really bother with a shirt. Heading for the med-bay, I thought everything over. It has been a few days since Noveria, and the Normandy is on standby. Joy. That and Eden and I had a slight argument. Over the Rachni Queen. I voted to have it killed, but she kept it alive. I know I hate bugs, but I was looking at the bigger picture. The queen will not be queen forever, and knowing nature, eventually a new queen will come and might just want to rule the galaxy. Eden's standpoint was that it wasn't for us to dictate whether or not a species lives or not. Either way, it was a pointless argument. At least I think it was.

Aside from that, I'm just waiting for the call to Virmire. More like dreading it. Virmire is going to leave scars for all of us.

"One will die…"

I winced. The hell was up with that voice? And what does it have to do with anything at all?

"It was just a dream Dawn… Just a dream." I told myself. Cause that is what it was. A dream. Nothing more and nothing less.

The doors opened and I was in the med-bay. To my luck, or bad luck, Tiffany or Doc weren't there. Probably sleeping. Which means I have to inject myself with a serum. Great. I was never great at patching myself up, so giving myself a shot may just be difficult.

Luckily I knew where the serum was. Doc kept the blue miracle liquid in a cabinet named "Specail Cases". Either it is the Doc's poor humor, or she meant it literally. I couldn't tell, nor did I care. The burns started to increase. I took a single dose out, and looked around for the shot-gun. Heh, shot-gun. Okay, maybe I have a poor excuse for humor. Or I'm just really tired.

When I found the… gun, the doors opened. I looked over and saw that it was Eden. The memory of the nightmare flashed, and I quickly looked away, closing my eyes. I wanted to forget that memory as soon as possible.

"Adrian…?" she mumbled. Someone needs to go back to bed. I didn't answer. Pretended that I didn't hear her. I started fumbling with the gun and vial of serum. I honestly had no idea how to work this thing. Like I said. Medical stuff was not my strong suit.

I started to get frustrated, and tried to jam the vial into the gun. A small, slender, smooth skinned hand stopped me. I looked over and saw Eden. She took the items from my hands, and motioned me to sit. I complied, and she quickly did what I couldn't. Actually get the damned thing to work.

In a quick motion, she applied the serum into my body. My burns slowly fading back to normal. It was a nice relief, and I let out a breath of air. She turned and put everything away.

"In order to replace a death, there must be death."

Fuck. This dream stuff needs to stop. I looked over at Eden. Her back was turned towards me, and I got a good look at her. She was wearing a black, very tight, tank top, and a pair of short athletic shorts. I couldn't help but stare. I'm just going to be honest here. Eden has a nice ass. In fact, a nice body. She is just damned attractive. Guess any guy would be lucky to have her. And I'm that lucky guy. So long as I don't screw things up.

"I didn't know you knew your way around the med-bay?" I asked. She turned and looked at me, a small smile on her lips. Damn those lips. Have they always been that attractive. And why haven't I kissed them yet, I'm her unofficial boyfriend damnit!

"I asked Dr. Chakwas to teach me. I wanted to know what to do whenever you had a flare with your burns." I smiled.

"Always looking out for me," I said, looking down at my hands.

"Yeah well, knowing you. The med-bay should be a second home for you." Her tone was teasing. My hands went up, and a smirk played my lips.

"Hey I didn't get shot this time."

"No, but your burns started flaring half way back to the port. Poor Tiffany had to rush to the garage to get you your shot."

"Yeah, but I didn't exactly go to the med-bay." She shrugged.

"Fair enough."

After that we sat silently. I was sitting on the Doc's chair. How she can sit on this chair for so long baffles me. It is the most uncomfortable chair in the whole damned galaxy. As for Eden, she was leaning against the cot next to me.

We just sat, unmoving and not talking. It was slightly awkward, but in the same time it was comfortable in a way. I should be sleeping, but the nightmares keep coming up. So just sitting next to her was comforting in a way. I know she was probably still mad at my outburst when we left Peak 15. And also my disappearance from meetings.

She didn't know it, but I've been busy. Writing everything about what I knew on the Mandalorians. Nalik sent me a message when we got back to the Normandy. Qun'Mazal, the Quarian I meet back at the Port meet up with Nalik. My Salarian friend reported the Qun has been excellent help around his workshop, and also told him about what I said on the Mandalorians. So, I decided to let Nalik in. I've been giving him information on everything. Culture, language, and even schematics. Yep. I've been making my own designs on weapons, vehicles, and armor. And the cool thing about it all is that Nalik is willing to help me. Such a pal he is.

Aside from that, I've been on think mode. It wasn't the first time I had the nightmare tonight. It started the first night after Noveria. I can't wrap my head around, but it must be important.

"In order to replace death, there must be death…" I mumbled.

"What?" I looked up at Eden, and saw that she was looking at me. She looked exhausted. She needs to get some sleep. Yet, she had a curious look on her face. She heard me alright.

"Nothing, just been having weird dreams lately." An excuse no doubt, but it is the best I can come up. She just cocked a brow. She isn't buying it.

"Nightmares again?" She asked. I nodded. "Want to talk about it?" I looked at her for a moment, then away. Rubbing the back of my neck, I tried to come up with something to say, only to come up with nothing.

"I rather not if you don't mind. Not until I figure out what is going in my head." She nodded, then smirked.

"You're not going to go all batshit crazy assassin on me are you?" I smiled, and made a face, crossing my eyes and sticking out my tongue.

"Maybe…" I said, changing my voice to sound like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. It got her to laugh out loud, and eventually I joined her. We laughed for a bit, my stresses lifting for a moment. It was good to let lose around her. Only time I felt human to be honest. Around everyone else I was my cool, sly, Cajun self. Only saying a few words when spoken to. But with Eden. I was myself. Dorky, cracking jokes and a smile on my face. There are very few people that can actually break down my barriers like that.

After our laughing died down, I noticed her yawning.

"Someone is tired. When is the last time you've had a good night sleep?" I asked. She didn't look at me, and had a guilty look. "Eden…" I said again with a stern tone.

"Since Eden Prime.." she said quietly. That is when it hit me. The Prothean Beacon. That vision burned into her mind. The vision of a dying race. I felt terrible. She didn't look at me, and she just looked at the floor. I stood up and sat next to her, wrapping my hand around hers. She looked at me and I gave her a smile.

"You want to talk about it?" I asked. She hasn't told me anything about her nightmares yet, so this may be good for her. Knowing that she has someone to talk to. She slightly nodded, and took a breath.

"It starts on Mindior…" Is how she started. She told me what happened on the colony. How she witnessed Batarians gun down her father and brother, and then take away her sister and mother. That was when she found out she can use biotics, killing every Batarian that was in her way until she passed out. She said that she will never forget her sisters face when she was taken away. Fear. Just, pure fear. She said she never saw them again. I really hate slavers, no matter the race.

She continued after that. Elysium, and seeing her fellow soldiers being killed. She named off every soldier she knew that was killed that day. And then she started explaining the Prothean Beacon. How she could feel the pain of everyone being killed by an unknown force. The Reapers. Damn them. She said how she physically felt pain every time the vision appeared in her mind.

My heart sank. This is the Shepard you don't see in the games. Not the fearless hero that was able to stand everything. The hero that feels no pain. Total bullshit. Eden, the real Shepard leaning on me. Her head resting on my shoulder. Biotics in a light, cool glow on our skin. Had nightmares every night about every dark time in her life. Having to feel the pain every night. I wanted to take that away. Somehow transfer her pain unto me. I honestly deserved it.

She finished off saying that she would wake in a sweat and bruises. Apparently she kicks in her sleep. Wait, hold up.

"You never kicked me during RnR when we slept," I said. Her eyes widened a little, and her cheeks flushed a little. She brushed some of her black hair over her ear.

"Well… When I'm with you… I feel safe." That surprised me.

"Really?" I asked. She nodded.

"Yes. It wasn't until the first night we fell asleep together. I didn't have any nightmares. I was still a little restless, but I always was before the beacon. I think it was the fact that you've been doing nothing but protecting me. Taking a Warp field on Therum. Taking bullets on Feros. Fighting your fears on Noveria. You've doing a lot for me."

I looked away. Surprised by this a little, but also happy. She really trusted me, and it felt good. Feeling pressure on my shoulder. I noticed she was yawning, and was putting more weight on me. Yeah, someone needs to go to bed.

"Come on. You need to go to bed," I said. I stood up from the cot and offered my hand to help her up. She lifted her arms tiredly.

"Carry me." She said. I chuckled. Here is the Commander of the Normandy, soon to be savior of the Citadel and conquerer of the Collectors. And she is acting like a child asking to be carried to her to room. Good thing I care.

"Alright Princess. Let's go." I scooped her up in my arms. She is surprisingly light weight. She rested her head on my chest, and wrapped one arms around my neck and the other was rubbing my chest. That is when she actually noticed.

"Your shirtless."

"You noticed that now?" I said.

"I'm exhausted Adrian." Fair enough. "Put me down."

"Nope."

"Adrian," she said sternly. Her "commander" voice is out now. But I'm not so easily intimidated.

"Sorry, Princess. You're stuck with your roguish knight carrying you to bed." She winned.

"Adrian… What if someone sees us? What if Kadian sees us?"

Yeah, about that. Apparently, Kadian was pacing a hole in the hull of the Normandy. They lost contact with us due to the blizzard. So when we got back, he wouldn't leave Eden alone. Some crew members thought it was sweet. Me? I thought it was fucking annoying. Every guy would know what I'm talking about. The second another guy starts anything with their girl, they get annoyed. Even if it is just a nice conversation, we get annoyed. Girls, if your guy doesn't care or doesn't get annoyed, he is not worth it. Just saying. I know Kadian is just looking out for the Eden, but my god man, let the woman breath.

"He'll probably want to kick my ass," I said sarcastically.

"So then you should put me down."

"Nope." I walked out the door and into the mess. I don't know what is up with the mess hall, but it always feels a few degrees cooler than any other room. Eden knew it too cause she curled up in my arms.

"Don't worry, I'll be quick. No one will ever notice," I said, trying to be somewhat comforting in this situation. She was the one who wanted me to carry her.

We got to her quarters in no time, which was just a few steps really. Placing her on her bed, exhaustion kicked in. She yawned and stretched, while I covered her with the bed sheets. She clutched my arm, and in her best, tired "commander" voice, ordered me to stay for awhile. I couldn't help but laugh lightly. Stubborn woman.

"Alright Princess," I said, and I leaned back on the head board. She rested her head on my lap, and I couldn't help but play with her hair. I've done it before on the Citadel, and it gets her to sleep in no time.

"Why do you call me that?" she mumbled.

"Well you did want me to carry you."

"That's it?"

"Yeah."

"That's… pretty lame." I smiled.

"Well your stuck with it until further notice." I felt her head nod. I looked down, and noticed that she drifted to sleep. I smiled. It's moments like this that keep me going. If I wasn't with her, or anyone for that matter, I probably would've lost it by now. Or dead. Either two really. She's amazing too. Really. I don't know how she can keep it all together with everything that has happened to her. I need to take notes, that is for sure.

While looking up to the ceiling, the nightmare crept into my mind. The voice saying, well, all that it said. I sighed. I have a lot to think about.

I got up from Eden's bed, not getting any sleep what so ever. Thankfully Eden slept somewhat peaceful. She did kick me once or twice, but I just held her close and she would drift off again. It was around five in the morning. Eden wouldn't get up until seven, and I wanted at least two hours worth of sleep. Hell, I'll go with an hour. I left a note on her terminal. All it said was that I went to my room early enough so that no one would catch me. She would understand.

I left her room and headed for the crew quarters until I heard a crash coming from the med-bay. Doc's up early? Damn I can't wait until the SR2. There will be a damned window for the med-bay. SR1, I'm luck to just have a door.

I didn't pay any attention, until I heard another crash. The fuck? With curiosity taking over, I headed for the med-bay. That's more than I like in a week, but hey, might as well get use to it. When I got up to the door, there was a shout, causing my assassin to come out. Well, more like defensive older brother. The shout was Tiffany.

During free time, I sort of trained her to contact me for help. That and train myself to recognize her voice whenever she was in distress. She, Eden, Tali did the training. They said it was good to know that there was someone around watching out for them. It is basic training really. It was a trick dad taught me in fact. Being able to pinpoint certain noises and to be able to differ the different tones and pitches in someone's voice. It is a very useful trick.

When I got into the med-bay, my adrenaline started to kick. Tiffany had a barrier up. Yes, she is a biotic. She just doesn't know how to fight with them. And trying to get to her, of all people, was Louis. Tiffany was trying to hold him down with a barrier, but I could see her wavering. She probably just woke up.

In a flash I was right next to Louis, and with all my strength, I practically threw him out of the med-bay. He landed with a hard thud and grunt. Tiffany let down her barrier and looked at me with a surprise look. I don't know if it was the fact that I was there, or if I didn't have a shirt on. I couldn't tell. As for Louis, I got up to him and lifted him up. He was scared that was for sure, but that didn't stop him from kicking my gut. Knocked the wind out of me. Kudos for him.

Too bad it only pissed me off even more. The Turian training came out, and I…well, tackled him out of the med-bay. We had a scuffle, so to speak. He tried to get out of my grasp, while I started throwing punches onto him. I don't know what happened next, but it ended up me standing, my hand wrapped around Louis's throat, and lifting him up. I glared into Louis's eyes.

Tiffany screamed, and I looked to see the barrel of a gun. Kadian.

"Let him go Spade." Seriously. Apparently the scream woke up majority of the crew, and the ground team. Wrex had a smirk, I think. Ash looked pissed and surprised. She is going to love this. She hates Louis. Liara was shocked, as was Tali (I think). And Garrus was shocked but probably impressed? I'm not sure. I didn't let go of Louis.

"He was trying to assault Tiffany." My voice was shaky, clear sign of anger within. Kadian didn't move.

"It looks like the other way around Spade. I see a cadet trying to help a fellow soldier, and an assassin. Shirtless and choking out an Alliance Cadet." I glared, like death glared, Kadian. Some of the soldiers backed a bit.

"Lieutenant-" Tiffany started, only to have a hand interrupt her.

"Not now Smith. I'll get your side after this," Kadian said. Let the woman speak asshole. He focused his attention at me again. "Drop him." I complied, after squeezing a bit. Louis, the coward he is, took off to his buddies coughing for air and clutching his throat. I'll be back for you, bastard.

It was still at this moment. I didn't look at Kadian, but I was pissed. Want to know a major rule when it comes to assassins? Never, under any circumstances, get in an assassin's way. You'll die.

"I need to detain you Spade. The Commander will then decide if we will turn you in finally, or not." I didn't look at him.

"You're treading on hot water Kadian," I said. I heard some whispers coming from those watching. Kadian was unmoving. I glance to my side and saw Tiffany with Tali. I gave a wink and a small smile. I didn't want them to worry.

"Want to know something Alenko?" I asked. He didn't say anything, but that didn't stop me. "Never under estimate a target."

As quickly as I could, I spun and kicked the gun out of Kadian's hand, and using the momentum I had, I spun around again and kicked him away. The Drell was out know. Kadian was surprised, that was for sure. But that didn't stop him from charging at me. I let him grasp me, only to use his weight against him.

I slammed him on the floor, and quickly stood up.

"Stay down Kadian," I said sternly. He got up and headed for me again. Damnit. All I want is two hours, TWO HOURS, of sleep. We started trading blows. I was mostly deflecting, but I would through a punch here and there. He got me a couple of times, once on the nose causing me to bleed. That got a cheer for him. Apparently I'm the bad guy during this match. The ground team was conflicted however. Wrex looked about ready to jump in, but Tali, Garrus, and Liara were making sure he wouldn't. Tiffany was crying actually, and I could pick up her screaming for us to stop. Ashley was holding her, but she was shocked as well. And that is when it happened. A swirl of blue and purple jumping in between us pushing us away.

Eden. Fuuuuuck.

"Enough! Both of you!" She yelled. We both stood off, but I was still tensed up. He was too. "What is going on!?"

"Spade was attacking Louis. I intervened, only to have him attack me!" Kadian was pissed. I really want to kick his ass now. Eden shot me a look, but I held my ground. I wasn't the sweet boyfriend right now. I'm the assassin that will not take shit from anyone right now.

"Well Dawn. What is your story?" She asked. I glared at Kadian, then at Louis. He flinched. I wanted to shoot Louis, but guess ratting him out will be best. For now.

"I heard a scream coming from the med-bay. I checked it out only to find Louis trying to assault Tiffany. She had a barrier up and he wasn't quitting anytime soon. And I wasn't going to sit around and let him have his way with her, so I… intervened."

Eden, and a majority of the crew either gasped and or had a look of shock. Some of the cadet's called me a liar and cursed at me. It was pretty pathetic.

"That is not true. You were chocking him!" Kadian yelled. I snapped.

"Yeah, I was! I don't know about you, but I kill possible rapists!"

"He wasn't going to rape her!"

"And how do you know!? You weren't there! No one was! If not for me, Tiffany would've been raped or worse, dead!" I could feel my anger boiling up to the point of no return. But I held my tongue. I didn't want to say something that will piss everyone off. Eden looked over to Tiffany, who was wreck.

"Tiffany," she said. "Is what Adrian said true? Was Louis attacking you?"

Tiffany didn't answer, she couldn't. She was too chocked up.

"You see Commander. She is traumatized at what happened. At what Spade did. He needs-" And that is when the most glorious moment in my life happened. With her Biotics, Tiffany spun Kadian around and punched him with a fierce uppercut.

"Damn you! Damn you all!" she screamed. This was probably the first time, any of us saw Tiffany this pissed. "Louis attacked me! Adrian was trying to protect me you bastard!"

Kadian, and everyone else in the room, either than myself, were shocked at the revelation. Louis tried to run off, only to be stopped by Garrus and Wrex. I love those guys, seriously. Kadian just held his jaw and looked at Tiffany dumbfounded. Eden walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. That is when Tiffany broke down. She fell to an embrace with Eden and started sobbing into her shoulder. That is when I felt terrible. I wanted to go and comfort Tiffany as well, but I couldn't move. For one, Kadian was right next to them and he might attack again.

Eden looked at everyone. She didn't have to say anything to get her point across. Everyone understood, and left. Kadian went with Doc to check out his injuries. A few Marines, led by Ashley, handcuffed Louis and took him away. Eden, with Tiffany still in her arms, went to her room. She looked at me, and even though she was clearly angry, she nodded and mouth the words 'Thank You' to me. I gave a curt nod, and watched them cross the threshold into Eden's room. When the door closed, I headed for my own room. Doc will want to look me over, but she will have to wait.

I needed a shower, and time alone. There was some things I needed to think about. And some stuff I needed to do. So much for that two hour nap.

Well there you have it.

And also the fight that was set up a few chapters ago! Woohoo! Just to be honest, the dream sequence was fun to write. Who may the voice be? You will never know! Until later... As for the fight, it was sort of difficult to write. At first, I wasn't sure if I wanted Adrian to win or Kadian( very unlikely to let Kadian win. I do not like him). And the scenario was difficult as well. Eventually, I ended up Adrian protecting Tiffany, only to be seen as the bad guy. And the added Tiffany Punch, was just my way at getting back at Kadian. Like I said. I don't like him, or any other of ME Love interests.

Either than that, next chapter will be another side chapter. Just some things Adrian and the gang will be doing. Then, Virmire. Where shit gets real.

Hoped ya'll enjoyed this chapter.

Keep reading, and stay sexy ;)

KD