Asshe made it roughly to the halfway point of her sidewalk, her high-heelshoe caught a crack in the pavement and she stumbled to her knees. Herneighbo..., sensing something odd about the entire scene, but not quite yetsure what it was, asked, "uh, are you okay?" Veronica, her face flushedred with humiliation, stumbled to her feet, and in her most femininevoice possible replied, "I'm fine, thank you!" She fumbled through herpurse until she found her keys and rushed inside, dodging another roundof. We have her for the night. She’s your slave to do with as you please.”“Oh my,” he said. “A slave, huh? That sounds very interesting.” Then he turned to Faith. “I have been hoping for this day for the past five years. But how do you feel about it?”“I am yours to d ... d ... d ... do with as you p ... p ... p ... please, M ... m ... m ... master,” she stammered.He reached up and stroked her auburn hair which was flowing down her back. “Thank you. But that’s not what I asked. I asked you how you. . I think it bit me"."It is not toxic or dangerous", Cathy quickly said as she replaced the 'bug' into its box and applied an ointment to where Alice thought the bug had bitten her. The ointment took away the slight sting and the matter was then forgotten as the two women occupied themselves with other activities until the men returned some hours later.As they sat down for the evening meal Cathy mentioned how Alice had thought the 'matting bug' had bitten her. "Oh! When was that?" her brother. What did he do to me anyway?"Kaeli didn't bother to answer. She immediately tapped her transmitter as she walked. "Dorian, I got a girl whose been bitten, needs an antidote fast." Gotcha, I'll send Keith to meet you out front."Andy's voice spoke up: "Did you see the vamp that did it?" Yeah, he's over by the bar—" She turned to look in the direction that she saw him before, and found his barstool empty. "Damn, he's gone." She sighed, and said, "Dark hair, long ponytail, red collared shirt ....