Chapter 2

Kristina's first instinct was to fight like hell; to break away from this dangerous man who was kissing her. But, as his kiss softened, and his tongue coaxed her lips to open and found its way inside her mouth, she started getting some other ideas. Sonny could feel her giving in to him. He had no idea why he grabbed her like that; he mainly wanted to stop her from speaking again. Every time she opened her mouth, she gave him a headache. But, he had to admit, she was an attractive woman. And, he also had to admit, that it'd been a long time since he'd had sex...a very long time. He and Carly were through, and although he now knew that Alexis had strong feeling for him, he had serious reservations about getting involved with her. If he had thought about it, he'd never entertain getting involved with her sister either, but he hadn't stopped to think. Finally, Sonny released Kristina, who stood panting, with her eyes closed. "What...what was that?" she whispered. Sonny stared at her, waiting for her to open her eyes. When she did, he replied, "I don't know, but I liked it. How about you?" Kristina knew she should be outraged. She knew that Alexis would be crushed if anything happened between her and Sonny. But, she also knew that she had told Sonny that Alexis wasn't in love with him, after she had told him that she was in love with him...so she really couldn't blame him for putting the moves on her. "Look Sonny, you're a very attractive man. Under other circumstances..." Sonny cut her off, "what's wrong with these circumstances? You told me Alexis doesn't have feelings for me, right? So what's the problem? Is it Ned?" Kristina shook her head, "no! It's not Ned; Ned has nothing to do with this!" Sonny cupped her chin in his hand, "that's what I thought. Ned's irrelevant. So is Alexis. All that matters is that we want each other right now." He stared deeply into her eyes, and she felt hypnotized, "you do want me Kristina, don't you?" "Yes," she answered breathlessly, her body aching for his touch. "In fact, you want me so much, you don't care about anything else right now...isn't that right?" he added in a throaty voice. Kristina couldn't seem to control herself, even though her head was screaming at her to say "no!" "Yes Sonny, I want you. I want you so much, I don't care about anything else." Sonny finally removed his hand from her chin, "go upstairs to the bedroom. I'll meet you there." Kristina didn't know why, but she did just that. As she climbed the stairs, the anticipation of that gorgeous man ravaging her was getting her so excited she didn't know how long she could wait for him to join her.

Sonny chuckled to himself; this could work out fine. He had Kristina pretty well figured out. Once they'd had sex, she'd do just about anything to not let Alexis find out; and, to do it again. He knew that like he knew himself. And he knew that he took what he wanted, and did what he wanted. At least he used to be that way until Carly tied him up in knots and wrecked him. "No more," he muttered to himself, picking up the phone and calling Benny. "Benny, give me a status report." He listened intently while Benny filled him in on all the goings on. Satisfied things were progressing nicely, Sonny hung up and headed up the stairs, unbuttoning his shirt as he went.

When Skye first heard the noise, she figured she must be dreaming. That she'd fallen asleep in the office and was having a bad dream. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Forcing herself to look over the desk, on which she was perched, she saw what was making the unnerving sound. Rats. Hundreds of rats. Rats crawling all over the floor. Skye screamed at the top of her lungs and pulled her legs up onto the desk, scooting into the center. She looked around to see where they'd come from, and her eyes landed on a small heating vent low on the wall that had been uncovered. Several rats started climbing up the desk chair, and she quickly kicked it away. It rolled a few feet, then fell onto its side. Skye huddled on the desk and started to wail. "Jax! God please pull one of your white knight routines right now!"

Courtney slowly opened her eyes. Her head felt like it had been stuffed full of cotton. Trying to focus, she looked around. The room looked very familiar, but she couldn't quite place it. Then, it hit her. She was home; in Atlantic City, in her mother's apartment. "Mom?" she called out. "Oh baby girl! You're awake!" Janine exclaimed, coming in from another room. "Mom? What's going on? Why are we here? What happened?" Janine took a deep breath and tried to explain. She was going to leave out the part when Max came to her as she was leaving Alexis' apartment. How he told her that Mr. Corinthos had decided it was time for her and her daughter to leave. That he was giving them enough money to live a nice life, but that he wanted them gone. That she'd better not think about disobeying him. "I decided it was time for us to come home honey," she told Courtney. "Your brother has generously provided for us, and your father knows where we are. But, we can't go back to Port Charles." Courtney thought about it, "good. I hated it there anyway." Then, she thought about it some more; "Mom? Why was I unconscious?"

Kristina lay on Sonny's bed, totally naked, waiting in breathless anticipation. She couldn't believe the way she felt or how she was acting. All she knew was she'd never wanted a man so much in her life. When he opened the door and entered, she shuddered at the sight of him. When Sonny saw her laying there naked, he gave her a huge dimpled smile. "Well, well, well, well, well," he murmured as he crossed the room, and stood next to the bed, looking down on her.

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