But her sense of sexual excitement wasn't returned. Her sister was too devastated by shame, fear, and pain. Get under control, she thought. But an imp...lse had awakened. Along with concern for Connie, her mind roared with her strange need.Connie refused to go to the hospital, and Vicky dressed the cut on her lip, and helped put ice on the bruises on her face. There was some redness in her stomach too, but it didn't seem to be too bad. "He gets so angry at me when I want to make love, Vic. This. She ran her hand over the tattoo on Samantha's left shoulder. Twohummingbirds. One representing each of them. Nice.She shifted again.She pushed down on Samantha's head again. God, she was a bloody goodlover.***Gabe was up early. Cat liked a nice breakfast.Oh, he didn't have to make her food. She didn't demand it. Not exactly.That was the thing with Cat. She had a way of making him think thatthings were his idea. Doing the ironing, for instance. Mopping thekitchen. Those were his ideas, because. Now he, Dan, had inherited all or some aspects of this personality. Hewas finding it very difficult to muster the strength to confront Suzy.He found his limbs trembling and his mind full of images of retreat. Hetries to look Suzy in the eyes but each attempt filled his mind withfearful images. His new automatic defenses force him to look sheepishlydown at the floor or at her feet.But he found some will power and blurted out. "Stop!! This is not fair.You know that this is not a normal situation.. Hold yerselves steady! Blackbeard said raising a hand to stop his men. His eyes closed to slits as he laid them upon Jack. What do ye know of it? ‘Only its location,’ he replied smartly. I suppose ye hope to use that information for some purpose. Blackbeard said knowingly while stroking his long, black beard, that of which he was famous for. What’s keeping me from killing ye once I got the information I need? ‘I’m smarter than that,’ Jack said assuredly. ‘I’ll give ye what information ye need.