What made it so bad is that I realized that I was kissing him back. I just melted into his arms and pressed my body closer up against his own as I kis...ed him with just as much hunger as he displayed. I wasn't thinking at all, I only reacted. It all felt natural at the time, so I don't think I felt like there was anything wrong at all. Perhaps it was that I wanted to be comforted and desired. Perhaps it was only what was natural to most women, that natural attraction between a man and a woman.. Looking up my eyes encounter the soulless pitiless eyes of an Orc in fullarmor….The last though I had as I felt the blow to the side of thehead was that I faced "He is Death incarnate ….."Fire filled the sky… screams the air…. The sights, sounds andsmells of battle raged though the night…I never heard any of it… ````"Besides still alive, what the hell is it?"The kick to the ribs and the sound of the hoarse voice woke me to the dawninglight…. I could smell blood and flesh burning on the morning. They asked me how old I was, became real interested to hear I was fourteen and that, yes, I knew what I’d come to the Candy Shop for, and said I didn’t have to go into the store—that any of them would be happy to give me a ride in their car and some candy as well.“Hell, any of us would give you a real good ride, boy,” one guy said as they were circling around me.“Haven’t seen you around here, son,” said another guy, who looked like a trucker left over from the building’s last life. “First time. A part of you hated yourself for hating and distrusting her as much as your did, but she either ignored or underestimated just how severely you were hurt when the rest of the family vanished out of thin air and she refused to break her silence, knowing just how badly you needed to know something to try and make sense of it.The job payed a great deal better than almost everything else available in town. Kathy was very particular about her business, and managed all the important aspects alone..