For that, we are all grateful to your family."As a result of Brian's actions, she also fell in love with you. We of Lattus feel love for a person imme...iately upon meeting a life partner. She has shared her essence with you, and your body will slowly evolve to the state of what you would consider to be 28 years of age." She looked at the puzzled look on my face. "Do you remember when you shared each other's blood?" Holy shit," is all I could get out.She turned to Brian. "We are so sorry we could. Angela was sitting in the bus crying. She had tried to stop it. She hated feeling so weak but the tears were forcing their way through her throat hurting her.She should have known better. There was really no use for tears now. She should have managed to say no to him yesterday but she couldn't.A kid was looking at her and she glared at him furious. How dare he look at her? It was her pain and her right to experience it alone without other people feeling sorry for her.She tried to calm herself. Meaningless chat about their day covers the ride to Abbie’s flat. When Tim stop arrives, and he gets to stay on, he starts to grow. He tries all the tricks he has heard of to distract his mind from this sensation. But as they walk the block to Abbie’s place, Tim carries his briefcase in front of him some.The moment the door is closed behind them, Tim has Abbie in his arms, kissing her how he has longed to for two days now. Abbie can feel his longing, and she has a similar tingling through her. “Keep an eye on things. I’ll authorise a rescue attempt for this Crnnch, but no one else. Bring a view up on the screen please, Arwen. John, Naimh get your teams into gear and ready,” Roxanne ordered. “If we go in, I’ll lead as I expect we’ll need sword-work.”“Yes, Roxanne,” we both replied as we sent out a mental summons.Although the shield he maintained as a Seeker kept anyone from seeing his features, there was a palpable sense of tension to be felt around Crnnch. His mental state was not.