to know I've had a place in your memory all these years, even if it was X-rated." She took the bottle with a knowing smile, then drank. "It's like licorice."
He laughed. "Blended with JP-7."
"Michael," she continued, looking around, "maybe this is the very room where Pasiphae gave birth to the Mino¬taur. What do you suppose?"
"That would fit the story." He moved on, his eyes still adjusting to the shadows. "The only thing the legends ac¬tually say is that King Minos ordered Daedalus, resident genius, to create a secret labyrinth in the cellar of the palace to keep the beast. But nobody's ever located it."
"You know, I think the labyrinth was no myth. It was real, only it was