The view from her bedroom window was of a cloudless azure sky and a sea more tranquil than any she had yet seen. xxx18 She reached down and pulled the towel loose from around Carlo’s loins and repositioned herself upon his lap. In his mind he heard music again but this time it was a rondo of the sumptuous symphony that was Claudia Incarnata. After a moment he held her and stood up. Claudia wasted no time in dipping her tongue into his mouth and sucking upon his lips; lips made doubly delicious by the aftertaste of the strong, bitter coffee they had just shared. Claudia watched it as it wheeled against the sky then turned and flew towards the garden.
