Even if it did hurt the both of us. It's better this way though. I can't even make myself cheerful at the littlest things now. How was I going to main...ain a happy relationship when I'm hell bent on giving myself nothing but punishment?It's so sad that I let someone break me like this. Causing my life to turn upside down and make me hate life as well as myself. I can't even believe in myself anymore. I've lost the desire to create and bring laughter to others. I can't bring myself to want. The first pickups with this occur about fourteen days before the one containing James Rabb, the last occurs about twenty-four hours after his pickup," the AI said.Sarah smiled as I nodded. "Well, that matches the number of one hundred colonists on Ishtar, so I think we have our list of colonists finally."The AI continued. "Affirmative. The other item I discovered was a manifest for the Will-O-Wisp as it left the Earth system heading to Ishtar. It was filed with the Fleet Readiness department of. A sunburst of Dark power, visible to his keen senses exploded out of Taylor and was absorbed by the new succubus, making her body glow in his eyes. Taylor passed out cold, her limp body dropping to the wet sand beneath Ana, pulse weak, heart faltering as a new wave rolled in around her. Gasping, clutching blindly at the beach, Ana rolled off of Talera and onto her stomach, pushing herself to her knees, forcing herself to crawl just out of reach of the water. Her entire body glowed, pulsing with. Jessica noticed this and her heart began to race and she began to walk faster past the house, maybe if walked faster and got away the dog would calm down. The dog for which she had never seen lunged a second time sensing her as she passed, and this time the tape tore completely.He gave out one loud bark, a clearer more audible bark than Jessica had ever heard from him before and she instantly knew, “The dog is through the wall…oh shit!”. A million thoughts raced through her head on what to do,.