Vee was afraid.

She hadn't been afraid like this in a long time. She could handle people shooting at her. Knives, gas canisters, whatever. She'd experienced a lot of bad stuff and caused her fair share too. But this… was different. Being intimate with a man like Sotza, it was too much. Though they'd spent a little time getting to know each other, it wasn't nearly enough. Not enough to give her the courage to go to bed with a man like him.

She summoned up some ...