But ignore you tried. For the first few days it was in your posession you tried to go about your normal life. Emphasis on “tried”. The book was al...ays in the back of your mind, and you couldn’t stop thinking about it. You lost sleep wondering what was written inside but you were too scared to peer within.Eventually, however, your curiosity won. One night you sat up from your sleepless rest, and grabbed the book from your desk and placed it on your lap as you sat on the side of your bed. Five. "Right, your explanation, I guess it's long overdue." I've waited over three and a half years for you to return. And when you do, well, I don't want to think about that right now."He shook his head seriously and said, "I can't even begin to apologize enough about what happened. But I also can't thank you enough for how you protected me, even when he did what he did to you, you kept my secret."I paused. "How do you know what he did to me?"Oliver sighed, "Eat Alexis, and I will try to explain."I. It's almost as if he's..."Jeff broke in with, "Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing. That wolf is a little too sharp, unless he somehow really knows what Morales is thinking." Jeff hesitated a moment before going on. "There are telepathic races that we've run into in other dimensions, but even a hint of telepathy is rare as those proverbial hens' teeth in this dimension. And then there are Ship's builders. That's the reason she and the Healer are telepathic, of course. But Ship wasn't in. .. I've been thinking about something all evening," she said when they were alone."Oh?" Yes, I... I... I don't know how to say this." How about just opening your mouth and letting the words speak for themselves?" he smiled."Keith, I'm... I'm a... that is... I've never... you know... been with a man." Okay, you're a virgin. Good for you." But, that's just the point. I don't want to be. I want to be a woman." All in good time, Sarah. How old are you? Sixteen?" he guessed correctly."Eighteen," she.