.. and I could see jealousy in her balled fists. However, underneath all of that, her sadness was the most profound. She truly and utterly loved Devni...olus.My body twitched in the chains reflexively.I was a hypocrite. I was pathetic. Not more than a few nights ago, I had sanctimoniously preached about how I would rescue her from the demon controlling her mind. She had begged me to just go away ... but I didn't listen.Now the demon had me as well. I was tied just as tight as her. Sisters in. (That wasn’t strictly true, depending on location. With flat terrain, people could see it unaided from a safe distance.)To be clear, no one, not even military ground forces, intentionally approached within a mile of any of the monsters. Not anymore. Anyone caught within a mile or so was driven insane. Babbling insane. Attacking-uninfected-humans-on-sight insane.Their living victims had been labeled with the term, “Infected”, after a medical expert in a radio interview had said that they were. It didn’t take me long to reach the general store. Whatever I couldn’t get here, Copper Harbor’s store had it. If these places didn’t have it, you didn’t need it, that was the area’s motto about the shops. I parked on the street and made my way inside, only to stumble when I stopped myself from running into Selene. She froze when she thought I was going to run her over, but I caught myself in time and chuckled, ‘Sorry. Here, let me help you.’ She smiled softly at me as I gathered her three bags. Does it get much better than that? I loved those meals surrounded by new people all excited about what the night might bring. After dessert, everyone had an hour or so to go back to their rooms and shower or nap before the fun began. The Party!I can’t remember how they did this, but it seemed that the only real light in the large middle room of the suite was softly cast in the center where the scenes would be played out. That meant the crowd of men were positioned in the sideline soft lighting.