“He said he wouldn’t ask me why I wanted them but that I must remember that they would only protect me against getting pregnant. He said I needed ...o take other measures to protect myself – and you – from STDs. I looked at her open-mouthed. “What did he mean?” “He meant he knew exactly why I need the pills and that I should use condoms whenever I have sex with someone else.” She slipped into bed. I climbed in alongside her and turned out the light. * After a few days, Alice’s bite marks and. “You may rise, scum!” came the command from the Inquisitor’s chief guard and Crnnch and the Adepts scrambled to obey.“I am here to take charge of your pitiful attempts to bring down this new enemy,” the Inquisitor stated in hissing tones. “All failures, any laxness, will be severely punished. Seeker, you will arrange to transport all your research data to my residence at this base. I will eventually summon you when I have digested its contents.”“At your command, holy Inquisitor,” Crnnch replied. “You know guys, I have class in the morning, and I am pretty worn out. I think I am going to take a bath and head to bed.” Caleb looked at her for a few moments before responding, “If you insist, Mol, but please tell me that it won’t be another three months before I see your pretty face again.” She smiled at him and stood up, walking around the table and stopping behind him to give him a quick hug around the shoulders. “I promise, Caleb, but you really shouldn’t worry so much. It will give you. "You were only gone a week. It's better than sparkly vampires."Cannibals were cool. Italian cannibals, in badly dubbed movies from the 70's and 80's. It was so fake, yet ... Krissy shuddered at just the memory of the last one she had seen. The girl cut open, alive, and her slimy innards pulled out and eaten raw.That had to hurt.Their savior was waiting next to an old blue hatchback, its back hatch open. He stepped away."Toss your stuff in, and we'll get moving. It's a long drive."Great. First.