I saw her, I felt her. I was there.”Angharad’s grandad nodded and sighed. “I know she’s real, but I’m so glad you are here with me and not w...th her.”Angharad looked up into her grandad’s eyes and saw the tear that threatened to appear some time ago. She saw it meander down his cheek and collect at the side of his lips.“What’s wrong, grandad?” she asked.“Bethani took her from me, you know. Or rather you don’t know, but you do now.”Angharad looked at the picture he was clutching tightly to his. I had to get past them, to squash them, and get on with my plans. The sooner I left town, the better I would feel.I nodded in acknowledgement to Alyssa’s reasoning and then climbed out of the car.We went inside and I knew by the music alone that I would be lucky enough to find anything made for the male gender, much less anything that fit. The shop reminded me of Joyce’s Rack, where my girls and I had purchased our costumes for Halloween, and where Emma tried to strip me of my power in an. Maybe, she daydreamed, some horny guy might see her there and decide to rape her soundly.Meanwhile, under that same blazing sun, her BFF Christine slouched in the passenger seat of her mother’s car having the came thoughts. At last check no one was around her in the crowded parking lot to give her any notice. The people she did see were intent on coming or going from car to store, not interested in a blonde 14-year-old who’s head barely showed above the dash.The near invisibility emboldened the. Then he paused for a moment, and, winking cheekily, added, Youve no need to be hide yourself though – youre pretty good-looking without your leathers on. For an older broad, of course. She glared silently at him as he trudged away up the path, until he had safely disappeared around the corner. Then she allowed herself a sly smile at the compliment, before slipping the lower half of her body out of the remainder of her armor, and slipping naked into the spring, gasping a little at the cold water.