He was angry and hurt at the same time and didn’t know if he was going to kill her or kiss her. He started his truck again and drove on, blinking aw...y tears that kept blurring his vision. Drive, he thought. Don’t be such a sissy. Close to Ralston, the rain began pouring down hard and he could just make out a really small person with a back-pack on the shoulder ahead of him. He could see it was a woman, he hesitated then slowed and pulled over. She began to run towards the truck. Ray rolled down. Tom moaned and rocked a little on his back. His wrists were cuffed to the inside of each of his ankles so he was unable to close his legs.He tried to imagine what he looked like just then but the thought made him shudder and blush an even deeper red."Now don't you worry about a thing, Tommy. Beverly's gonna take real good care of you. But you've got to be truly mine, body and soul. You've bared your body to me. Now I want your soul, too." With that she sat down on the floor next to him and. But instead she had been left exposed, naked, and vulnerable before the awful truth.That didn't mean she would have preferred to have Alya go through the same thing. Alya didn't deserve that. Even the new Lissa wouldn't have wished that on her roommate. Certainly it would have made her job easier; a girl who was hurting inside was much more easy to take advantage of. But it didn't change the fact that Lissa still had to go through with this.They continued to talk for over three hours, about. I was surprised by the turn out, especially after having stood before the community to argue my case. Seeing so many people show up the next day actually put a smile on my face.I did get a mixed bag, although I had expected that to happen. I’d actually planned for it. Sygor was there, as was Ruba, and to my surprise Kobo along with two dozen more volunteers. The first thing I did was to split them up.People like Sygor went into one group. These were mostly my young hunters, who already knew a.