He smelt the rich scent of fresh blood on the air and looked up and saw a plume of smoke rising from the village, ‘What is going on there?’ he won...ered as he walked towards the scent of blood and the smoke rising from the village. She finally stopped unsure of where she was not really caring to know either she sat trying to gather her thoughts as she looked in a tree and spotted a sleeping squirrel, she picked it up off the tree and dug her fangs into its neck drinking the sweet blood within. ’ ‘An offer?’ ‘Yes. You see, I still want to marry you.’ Chantal laughed, throwing her head back. ‘You must be crazy!’ ‘No, I’m not crazy.’ He took her face in his hands, gazing into her sightless eyes. ‘I’m still in love with you.’ ‘Jean-Claude,’ Chantal raised her hands and gently removed his from her face. ‘It’s been a year since the accident and you haven’t been by to visit me at all. Why now?’ The handsome man took a breath. ‘It’s been very hard, cherie. Too hard to come by and see that. You are notanything anymore. You are mine. You are my slave. I am your Master, youwill address me as such. You no longer have a name. If you are good I maygive you a name, but for now you will respond to whatever I call you. Youwill do as your Master says. If you do not, I will punish you. If you maketoo much trouble, I will kill you"I was trembling; I had never been so terrified. Things like this don'thappen, this was impossible, a dream, a terrible dream!"I went to you apartment, cleared out. ”“Okay, maybe more of a warning shot, the comment about me being protective.”I hadn’t thought of it in this way, for me, it was just a statement of fact, “Thinking about it, he didn’t laugh quite as boldly as when I said you were my brother. Never hurts for people to have a good impression to start with.”He was still sniggering when he said, “Could be an interesting time.”“Don’t ruin it please, Tommy.”“I won’t go out of my way to be a shit. I will protect you and if that means ruining it, then.