in armor with a surprised look on his face. A close examination of the painting showed the Moorish African women to have one eye slightly open and fully aware the knight, his helmet open showing the look of surprise on his face as he approached her. Rick felt Monique’s hand on his shoulder as he looked at the painting. “You want to know what happened after he found her?” she asked him. “I do. She took all of his armor off. Then she took off what was under the armor. She led him next to the palm trees around the oasis and took off the robes she had on. Then they were down in the sand all night long.” Rick glanced around; making sure no one could hear what she had whispered to him. “There is a room here no one knows about,” he told her. “Would you like to see it?” “How do you know about it?” she very slyly asked him. “It helps to give small gifts to the staff at the museum,” he told her. “You can discover many things the tourists never get to see. The tsars liked to come here to and chill when the affairs of state became too taxing. I’ll show you Tsar Paul’s private getaway.” He glanced around to make sure none of the security cameras were pointed in his direction and took Monique’s hand. They walked behind a roped-off painting and, making certain no one would ever see them, Rick depressed a panel next to a large oil painting. A door opened and he took Monique through it to the other side. There was a click as it shut behind them. The light was very faint where they stood. But the walls and ceiling of the small room glistened with golden reflections and cast light to the large bed which dominated the room. A skylight allowed some sun to come inside which was the source of the illumination. And then she realized what made the room so unique: it was lined with tile made out of amber. “The original amber room,” Rick said in her ear as he tugged on the zipper of her dress, “was located in the Katherine Palace, not far from here. It was built in the eighteenth century using amber, gold leaf and mirrors. It was originally built for the Prussian King Frederick who gave it to Tsar Peter the Great as a peace offering. Tsar Paul liked it so much that he had this small version built for him alone a hundred years later.” Monique kicked off her shoes and let the dress she was wearing fall to her ankles. “The larger amber room was looted by the Nazis,” Rick continued talking as he undid her bra and let it fall to the floor. He pulled her panties down as he talked. “It disappeared at the end of World War II and no one seems to know what happened to it.” Monique felt chills down her spine as his lips traced down her back. The cool air made her feel very vulnerable in this hidden room. Monique continued to stare forward as Rick talked some more. “The Russians decided to rebuild it in the later 1970’s and used existing photographs of it. It was completed in 2004 after extensive work done by the best artisans in Europe and the rest of the world.” She heard his clothes hit the floor and felt Rick’s naked body press into her backside. His erection was hard and strong. “But hardly anyone knows about this smaller version.” His hands were coiling around her, opening her up once again. “Because you really have to know the right people to gain admittance. The sheets on the bed are kept clean because only special guests ever get to use it. You probably don’t know it, but Richard Burton fucked Elizabeth Taylor in front of the bed. She was so horny; he couldn’t get her to it, so he did her doggy style on the carpet. People wondered for days why she had those marks on her chin after their trip to St. Petersburg, called Leningrad in those days. You’re one of the few people to know it was from carpet burn.” Monique felt her tall form picked up by Rick who carried her through the small amber room to the magnificent bed in the middle. The bed was covered by silk sheets and