ARIA Darkness is all around and I feel strange sounds surrounding me. With a lot of effort, I open my eyes and close them back fast, as I need to adjust to the strange light. It’s dark in the room and only a few red lamps shine here and there. Slurping sounds take up speed and I open my eyes again, trying not to move in an attempt not to give myself away. I slowly look around the room I am in and it feels like it’s some kind of a palace… with dark marble columns, red curtains, and antique furniture. How very…gothic. A woman’s moan and more strange slurping sounds. I look in the direction of them and almost gasp out loud. Marissa is on her knees between Khayder’s legs and… well, servicing him. Her head goes up and down and he looks like he is…bored. I close my eyes, suddenly fee