The loud engine of the minibus filled the silence as it rolled over the cracked, sun-beaten road that led away from the dungeon site. Inside, the atmosphere was quiet, but very far from peaceful.
Seven passengers rode in the vehicle's back cabin, seated on the bench-style seats that faced one another.
Kaiden sat right in the center of the left row. Luna leaned against his shoulder on his left. Her arms were folded in front of her delicate chest, and a thoughtful look occupied her face. On his right, however, lay a sight far less composed.
Bastet, the tanned and temptingly curvy feline, had chosen not to sit like the rest of them. Instead, she lay with her head comfortably nestled in Kaiden's lap and her thick, lush tail lazily flicking up to brush against his face, shoulder, and occasionally his ear with playful, suggestive strokes. Her purring was loud—constant—and it vibrated rather strongly through his lower half.
