“I am so glad, so hopeful, that what you say is a true thing,” said Ava. “He needs someone to love and be loved by.”“Yes, I’m aware,” sa...d Marian. “And I do love him; I think. Sometimes things get a little dicey when I see him ruminating on his past troubles, and his physical state. He gets kind of depressed which depresses me, but the good news is the depression usually doesn’t last too long.”“All I ask is that you keep him focused on you. That’s what he needs. You’re what he needs. Blake and. Then a beam of light shot down right precisely to where I was standing. I tried to move but I couldn’t. I blacked out. When I came to my senses, I was strapped to a chair terrified about not being able to move. I heard gargled voices. Then, a gray glowing person stood in front of me. “Hello Julia,” the grey person said. “Where am I? Who are you?”“My name is Rinor. I am from the star system Pakner, which is 63 light years away. We have been watching you for the last couple of years ever since. " Oh, sweetie. I know how much your father loves you. He'll get over it, whatever it is."Melanie moved her head back slightly to look at her face. She reached up and tenderly caressed her cheek."Your father thinks you are wonderful! You know that."It was so soothing to be held by Melanie, she thought. She took note of her secretary's physical characteristics. Taller than she by an inch, Melanie was thin, but well proportioned and pretty. She always dressed fashionably and her hairstyle was. “Doesn’t your ... religion frown on anything to do with blood?” I lowered my volume so that no one else could hear us.“Kinda ... yeah. That’s ... forgive me ... part of the lure. Part of the attraction. You feel it. I feel it. It’s that hot, taboo feeling of breaking the rules, letting your hair down, and going at it. I would be so disfellowshipped if the local elders even thought that vampires were real right now. Not exactly something that the Watchtower teaches can even exist.“And yet ....