" Grace said, "I never got a chance to think ... I just reacted." I'd say you did well ... If you'd have let his hand go before he hit, he'd still hav... both arms ... and probably been dead. I recognized the pop first thing. I knew he was hurt. Nursing, I guess."Before you go change your panties ... wait ... your house is rubble ... panties?"Carol came in carrying a tray with water and two aspirin. She set the objects just within reach of the man and backed away. He took a slug of water, the two. "What do you mean, Jemma my love?"Jemma reached out and triggered the remote that controlled the lighting in the room and suddenly the warm gold light was replaced with the cool moonlight streaming through the windows. Jemma raised up slightly and looked into Maggie's eyes as her lips parted.Maggie gasped as she saw clearly the pointed canine teeth in her lover's mouth. "What... ?" I really am a vampire, Maggie," Jemma said softly. "I have waited for the right time to tell you, and loved our. He looked closer at the check.“A hundred bucks?” he said incredulously. “How the fuck does a—how old are you, twelve, thirteen?—how the hell does a kid like you come by this much money?” The payor was some production company whose name was unfamiliar to Ricky.“I-I'm thirteen. I'm a backup dancer on Shake It Up Chicago.”“No fucking way.” He'd watched the show a few times. There was this cute blonde dancer on it that he would have loved to fuck. It was starting to come back to him. He had. What was I doing here? I hadn’t come to a bar in years. Certainly not one like this. A meat market. I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea, stronger than I should be drinking I suppose, and barked like a dog. That caught me totally off guard. Tourettes Syndrome? Generally it doesn’t just happen to a 28 year-old out of the blue. But there it was – one quite audible woof. Get a grip, Anna. I looked around sheepishly to see if anyone would fail to pretend they didn’t notice. Great. A fat, greasy man was.