"Okay," she murmured, watching him hook the leash to Avi's collar; the white dog wore a gold and black collar with two gold leather tassels that muffled his tags' noise. The thickly padded wide ribbon band was strong enough to hold up to his tugging.

In the time they were gone, Sinthia kicked off her shoes and jacket and most of her jewelry to cook, setting a paella dish on the stove and putting on the heat to brown the rice it would need. The food would be simple: rice, peas, red peppers and several varieties of seafood later, it was nearly done, and as she waited for the timer to go off had put on music, which she was dancing around to.