And so here she stood, fairly confident her life had taken one of the worst turns possible. And for what? No way that ‘voice’ business Ian Horne f...d her was the real reason. ‘Dammit.’ Even in such a crisis, the young woman remained taciturn. It didn’t matter if she was alone or not , it was simply her nature. Similarly, as her left hand nervously touched her shaved scalp, her right hand went to her smartphone in her pocket. It was only then that she realized she was naked. ‘Oh, God no.’ Brooke. .. I guess I was too hyped up to do SOMETHING about the situation. But he was right, should I be caught with the jumpgate key, it would be checkmate for the saboteurs. They had the house member (me), they had the jumpgate key, they had everything they needed.So, I asked the one question that hurt Alex Donovan more than anything in the world, as it turned out. “Alex, I love you. Do you love me?”Well, the blush on his face spoke miles about his feelings. He felt embarrassed (what 11 year old boy. "I'll make sure I'll go easy on you." He let's go of her chin and uses his claw to twirl one of her hair strains. He used his other hand to hold her chin up.“Lemme introduce myself. My name is Fenrir, and I am here to turn you into my latest smoking protégé…whether you like it or not. I am a corruption spirit, scouring Earth for disciples to share my addictions. Unlike my cohorts, I use people’s dreams to take over and enslave. You are my first, but certainly won’t be my last!”"You look so. "Yes, yes, point taken," I chuckle. "But it would be nice to just, youknow, have some time to myself every now and again..." I believe the technical term for that is 'holiday' or 'vacation',"Charlotte giggles. "You and Stu decided on a location yet?" Oh- we're not going on holiday this year," I sigh. "Not with you aboutto pop..." I'll have long since popped come August," Charlotte sighs. "I can livewithout you and Stuart for a week or two if you want to go and get aMASSIVE tan. Stuart's getting.