He asked me to return the favor, so I sent him a pic of myself. He e-mailed me that he had the hots for girls with long dark hair, dark eyes, and smoo...h, coffee-colored skin, like me.Dylan said he lives down on the river, in a small, neat house with a wraparound porch with a set of steps out back onto his dock onto the river. He says he has a boat, too, and we could go out in the boat to the island down the river when we get together.Although it's tempting, I think we should meet in the coffee. "I'll make sure of it."We didn't skip our Saturday training 'just for a party' as I put it, but made it slightly less strenuous. Through Denise I had gotten Layla to pick up Elisa and they all arrived in the early afternoon so we could get everything in order. A good hour before the guests were due to arrive, the girls excused themselves and withdrew to get changed and ready. With five minutes to go (apparently being punctual is a big thing round here - I like that!) the girls came down the. He went to the library on Monday, but it was closed. He went on Tuesday afternoon, but he didn’t see her, same on Wednesday. He didn’t want to ask for her in case somebody would notice and want to talk about it. He went back on Thursday morning, and again, no Gina. He went to the library on Friday morning and spotted her. She was actually working the desk! He pulled a book off a shelf and strode to the desk.She gave him the coquettish smile he had enjoyed before.“Hi, Jake, nice to see you. If you do then you will be forever lost.The lucky ones amongst you will pass through unscathed to emerge into the light at the end. The rest of you, well lets just say the rest of you will not be so lucky!"Gemma felt his eyes burning into her skull as he laughed cruelly but she refused to meet his gaze, instead staring resolutely at the hood she was twisting back and forth between her clenched fingers, her breathing shallow and loud in the sudden silence.With icy fingers of fear creeping up her.