.. daft silly as this!”The voice chuckled even deeper. “It’s not really use lying when you’re in a feedback simstim. This entire castle, the p...rtrait, even waking up naked in a lover’s bed, that’s all from your own fantasies and fears. Swift was right, this is quite informative.”I scowled. “Show yourself, you Hegemonic fuck!”“ ... as you wish...”And when I turned, someone was there.Oh. Someone.BEASTLYThe figure standing behind me was hunched, almost quadrupedal. His body was thick with ropy. I saw you and Damian cooking with Emeril." That was fun," I agreed."What happened during the game?" Cam asked. "Five receptions? You can catch that many in your sleep." You played football, Cam," I replied. "You should understand. We were taking what Tennessee was giving us. They had one of the best secondaries we faced all year. They also can't stop the run for shit." So Damian got to be the hero of the day," Cameron said."Exactly," I agreed. "Eleven completions aren't many for a game but they. "I told the security video technicians, "Sync up videos of the garage entrance, the three floors, the garage elevator, and the lobby elevator. If the garage only lets people out through the elevator, then put one up of the lobby at the elevator so we can see who rides up and leaves. If there are other exits to the garage, we need to watch those to see who parks and leaves by another exit."They had a dozen monitors, so they immediately began bringing up the camera views of the last twenty-four. She saw no one, yet the sheets lay just over her feet in an even lump exactly as if someone had indeed pulled them down. She started to sit up and pull the sheets back up, looking around and listening for someone in the house. The wind had died down at this point and she heard nothing, so thinking it was all just in her head, she began sitting up further but was unable to. It was as if someone was restraining her, yet there was no one there. Now she was more freaked out than ever. Suddenly she.