Hurt you?" Yes." Rape you?" Yes. He said next time he'd rape me, then kill me. I felt like he meant it." He does." Yvette's big eyes were jeweled with...tears. "But I can't live without you."Now she came over to Laura again. She embraced Laura and kissed her, but Laura did not respond."Laura, please..." He'd probably kill you too." I know he would. He just about did already."This got to Laura. She was able to stay distant from Yvette until she imagined Arthur hurting her. She knew her feelings. He was always impassionate and determined to keep order, his ominous eyes and dark expressions usually sent the message. But, peering up at his ruby tinted face, she saw a mildly empathetic side to him. It was very limited, but still there. Even a demon couldnt be completely hateful all the time. And, she could tell this was special to him… It was special to everyone, including her. A large silhouette advancing toward them caught her eyes. It held itself up with powerful honour and authority,. He held her close to him and rubbed his body against her and whispered again in her ear,’You still look fantastic to me you know. I remember a body that used to give all the others a run for their money.’ Then releasing her he threw his hat onto the dry sand near them and slipped his t-shirt over his head and then slipped his thumbs into the waistband of his shorts. She watched as he played with his waistband, really did she think he really meant this and then she gasped as he slipped his. She’d gotten a bottle of wine and some cheese, and we started laughing and joking about something ... probably one of my latest date-slash-fuckfests. She always made me give her all the gory details.”I interrupted. “Did she ever tell you about her dates?”“Oh, no. Not then, anyway. And I never asked. It’s just the way we were. But, the topic of me ‘melting’ came up again for the thousandth time, and she got one of her silly-yet-fiendish looks in her eye, and she said ‘I bet I could make you.