[m] Everybody wants to rule the world

Crescendo smiled, but didn't respond to the statement. "I've been meaning to ask you, Kadence, why the scars under your eyes. The make you look deadly, but there must be another reason, no?" he asked her softly. He had the distinct impression their game was coming to the end, and just as well, he was getting bored of it.

Once again, he thought back to the countless females he had woed. None had ever meant anything, but Kadence was different. While others had crumpled under his words and manner, Kadence played him. She was stronger, more beautiful then any other he had met before. And while he didn't call their relationship a beautiful love story, he called it an interesting topic, that had to be explored further. And he was prepared to dig as deep as Kadence let him.