I'm a vampire on the inside," I said slowly. "But I won't ever really look like one or drink blood or anything, right?" Oh, you'll drink, my love." Va...entine was there, as if he'd just teleported himself across the room somehow and now stood there in front of me, his mouth open to reveal long, pointed fangs. His eyes were red, as lit if by the fires of hell itself, and his handsome face grew dark and malevolent.My breath seemed frozen in my breast and I felt transfixed, paralyzed and unable to. "We'll have your back."The three women pushed around the furniture as I left. It wouldn't provide real protection, and we all knew it.I put another crewman inside the restroom, which had another angle on the intersection."Stay in here until the shooting starts, then pop out and add to the covering fire," I ordered.He complied, waiting in the dark alone.I made it back to the half-wall with Nehring and the other two shooters, just as we heard heavy footsteps further down the corridor. My. While the concubines had not gotten sponsor level CAP scores, none had low intelligence and adaptability scores and all had passed their smarts and their flexibility to their children. Terry was confident that some of the children would qualify as sponsors, and, as well, some of the concubines would on retesting. More often than not, the concubines had not achieved the needed score due to a lack of confidence, aggressiveness, or other personality traits that he guided the household to improve.. She'd hoped Tim would change.He didn't.When Tim married Eve, he wanted a wife to share his achievements and his adventures. He lived his life as Tim-plus-Eve.The night Eve melted into Brad's arms at the charity ball wasn't sexual. It was emotional. Once again, she was "Tim's wife" at a company event. Every woman who watched Eve press her body into Brad knew Tim was missing from Eve's marriage. Eve did, too, and that embarrassed her.As self-penance, Eve tried to reconnect with Tim. The make-up.