"It is?" he said. "Oh yes. There are only a few more pages. It's a short story Robert, a very short story." "But I don't want my story to end! What ...ill happen to me when it does?" Robert's voice cracked. "Do you know what happened to Ishmael after the end of 'Moby Dick'?" "No?" "Nothing! There is no Ishmael. There is no Moby Dick. They're just collections of words, and when there are no more words then there is nothing else. Soon this story will be over. And to tell you the truth, I don't. This was a very different and subtle seduction, but no less dangerous for it. I sat mesmerized and I felt my body growing languid and heavy with desire. I wanted to lay there on that sofa, open and inviting for her. Julia could have me any way she pleased and I'd offer no resistance."If you were anyone else..." Julia's voice was like the sound of tinkling glass, sweet and melodic and it made me writhe beneath her. "When you turn, Jenna, when you become a vampire, you'll have some resistance.". I'm actually one of the few short-skirted girls who's still a virgin. It's not because I want to be. . . I'm just waiting for the right person. Someone mature, who I know will care for me instead of making me another conquest. I'd never admit it to my friends, but I've fantasized about getting "extra credit" from several of our teachers-women too. And once, when it was the time of the month when I was super horny, I day-dreamed about seducing my parents simultaneously. Only once! God, now that. "Norman laughed. "Got it in one!" Well that's all been a great help, Norman. I think I'm going to have to let it lie fallow until after The Visit." Don't rush it, Nick. It's important and it won't do any harm to let it churn round in the back of your mind for a few days. On that note how about a pub lunch?" I think not, Norman, if you don't mind. Sally will have prepared a picnic." Bring her." Are you sure?" Very." Great. Let's go and ask her."Norman chuckled. "You're learning the politics of.