‘Are you all right, Jason,’ she asked in a voice that for the first time sent a quivering sensation through me. My newly found goddess had address...d me, and for the first time I truly heard her melodious tone – those of a warm throbbing contralto. I jerked out of the contemplation of my divinity with difficulty and spluttered, ‘Er… er… yes… why?’ ‘You were staring at me strangely, darling, come into the house and have a drink and I made a special cake for you this morning. ‘ ‘Drink,’ ‘Cake’?. He felt that Seila had let him go and he sat up. The ropes slid off of his wrists. She‘d cut them instead of him, he realized. Whirling around to face her, Isaac stammered. “I’m. I. I—”“Yes, you’re all right.”Looking at the rope marks on his wrist, Isaac felt faint. “Why?” he said. It was all could think to say. Reaching out, Seila helped rub some feeling back into his hands. “I told you I needed virgin blood,” she said. “I didn’t say how much. You didn’t realize you’re already bleeding? Here,. Stopping at a gas station, I went through my pedantic circumspection checklists. No insinuation of a slip up came to mind. Each possible exposure hazard was refuted and as the gas nozzle bucked back indicating a full tank, it was apparent no one followed me. With recouped confidence, I banished my foreboding and drove back on the highway to William’s, yet a premonition of danger clung to my subconscious.As standard, he stood by the living room bay window for my arrival, pushed the garage door. After a long pause she finally did so and took a seat on the witness stand. Mark Winters strode up to the stand confidently. ‘Miss Summers, do you believe Mister Duncan should have custody of Grace Warren?’ He asked. Anne’s head hung down and she seemed not to hear the question. ‘Miss Summers?’ He asked again. ‘No,’ She said weakly. Bobby and Mike looked at each other at the same instant, stunned by her answer. ‘Hold on here, Miss Summers.’ The Judge said, his voice full of surprise. ‘I don’t.