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295%u201cThere you go,%u201d she said with a smile. %u201cIt was most kind of you the other day, letting me take a wee in your back yard. I hope I didn%u2019t embarrass you.%u201dShe put the bottle down on the table next to him and returned to the sofa.%u201cNo. You didn%u2019t. I felt honoured to be honest, to think you could do that in front of me, knowing I would be discreet. And I will be. You seem to know me quite well.%u201d he said, drinking more of his wine.%u201cDo you play chess?%u201d she asked.%u201cChess? Not often but I used to enjoy the game. Do you?%u201d%u201cMuch like you,%u201d she said. %u201cIt%u2019s been a while. We used to play dare chess at Uni.%u201d She told him.%u201cDare chess? I%u2019ve never heard of that. How does that work?%u201d%u201cOften, it turns out a bit naughty,%u201d she replied. There were dares and forfeits involved. Each of the major pieces were the ones. If you lost a knight or a bishop, you had to remove an item of clothing. Socks weren%u2019t included. A rook meant an undergarment; a queen, and you had to take off everything.%u201d She explained.%u201cWow. Risqu%u00e9, to say the least. It certainly turns a somewhat academic game into something quite different.%u201d he said with a sparkle in his eyes. %u201cWhat happens if you actually win?%u201d%u201cAh, there lies the big prize. The winner can tell the loser to do anything, and he or she has to obey, no matter what, providing it did not harm the loser or get them into something illegal or put them into trouble.%u201dHe mused over it. %u201cFancy a game?%u201d she said with a smile, shifting her legs slightly as if she was about to get up. %u201cI have a chess set over in the sideboard.%u201dShe lingered a bit before lifting up, her legs awkward, and her skirt pulled wide. She was giving him a first class %u2018accidental%u2019 view.%u201cOkay. I%u2019m game,%u201d he replied, his eyes not lifting up.She fetched the chess set and a small table to put it on, telling him to bring his chair closer to her position on the sofa. As she set out the pieces, he asked, %u201cSupposing, I win and ask something of you which is very unwanted. Do you still have to do it?%u201dThe Equestrian