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“You, Tina ‘Fearless’ Kennard will seduce the queen of Muerte Segura, Bette ‘Heartless’ Porter." 

“You, Tina ‘Fearless’ Kennard will seduce the queen of Muerte Segura, Bette ‘Heartless’ Porter." 

“You, Tina ‘Fearless’ Kennard will seduce the queen of Muerte Segura, Bette ‘Heartless’ Porter."      

As I left the queen in search of a room with more air, her words kept repeating in my head.  I had never felt so much pressure in my entire life, not even my years of training could compare to this Atlas-like feeling. 

“Who is this heartless immortal?” is what I want to know. 

I must speak with Dana.  

“I want you to tell me about your run in with Heartless” I smiled at Dana as we sat in her living room.  I was fortunate enough that she agreed to see me at such short notice.  She seemed shaken by the question as if her heart slowed down and then rapidly sped up.  

“Well” she started wringing her hands, nervous gesture I instantly noticed back we first met at training camp.  “Um she’s gorgeous” she looked around her apartment as she loosed the knot of her cloak “does it feel hot in here to you?”  

“Dane it’s night time and like 20 degrees outside” I reasoned back.  “Besides, you know we don’t feel those things.”  

“Yeah well you’ve never been in the presence of this immortal” she let out a breath, “a very hot immortal.”  

“Okay I get it” I raised my hands, “she’s hot.  What happened when you got there?  Did something stand out to you?”  

“Nothing really, I mean I was so caught off guard by her beauty.  At first she was just staring at the boy and I could feel him, he was still alive.  Strong heart beat, he was one of the good ones in a bad life and I really wanted him to have a second chance.  But something about the way Porter stood and was watching him, like she was”  

“She has telepathy” I concluded for Dana, making a mental note for myself.  

“Right, aw I’ve always wanted to learn that” Dana whined, going off subject for a second.  “Anyway, she didn’t seem heartless as I watched her with the boy.  Then I showed up and she went cold on me.  It was like a light switch.  I tried using my powers but she deflected them like I threw a balled up paper at her” she admitted sheepishly.  “Please don’t tell the queen the last part” she begged.