"If you'd like," David began, placing his tea down on the desk and trading glances between Alexandra and the chest. "I'm sure you could accompany me wherever I may roam on assignment. I know you're familiar with Paris, but would you like to see the world?"

He chuckled.

"I could show you where I grew up outside Liverpool. You could watch the salmon leap from the streams in Washington state. Drink the finest wines of Sicily. Freeze your arse off with me in Siberia. Lurk the opium dens of urban India..."

He listed off potential locales, looking for a spark of interest in her beautiful eyes, hoping to take her to all these places.

"And, I'm sure, Madness should go off without a hitch. But we do have enemies, of course. But they won't be much my problem afterward. They'll be Mor--"

He cut himself off, not wanting to say too much. Yes, he'd been in touch with the Network. They were still in deliberation, but, knowing his associate, he had no doubt of who would take his place the following week.

Achievements

• 1x Tag Team Champion
  
• August 2013 Superstar of the Month (Thank you all so much!)
  
• 1x US Champion
  
• 1x X-treme Champion