The engine was stillracing but with nothing left to propel it forward Bessie subsided into themud, a beaten and battered giant. Finally even Heather h...d to admit defeat. There were tears in her eyes, shewas shocked and angry but she had someone else to consider. Ally had hit herhead hard on the roof when they had crashed and she was close to tears too. The black car had crashed through the fence after them but it had fared muchbetter than Bessie and it was sitting just a few feet away from them. I was coming to the end for the first time of a three year contract and one day when I was working on a particularly troublesome and dangerous task occurred something it was supposed could never happen. I was at a depth of about one hundred feet welding a part of the structure of the platform when the accident occurred. I never knew what happened, if it was a mistake in calculus I made, if the oxidric torch flame cut a supporting structure steel cable, or if it was some other reason I can't. " Vampires dealt in blackmail and political intrigue, for some reason unfathomable to me. "None of this makes sense." Come here," he called softly, holding his arms open in an invitation to lay my head on his chest. "Whatever comes to pass, it's not going to be your fault." He held me tighter. "Whatever happens, happens and there's nothing to be done about it." I know." exhaling heavily, I readjusted so I could better hear his heartbeat. "I'm sorry, Talon. I'm not trying to be all gloom and. Then Deanna felt the first soft touch of Maureen's lips. As they gently brushed hers. The warm breath of Maureen against her. The smoothness of Maureen's caressing lips. Deanna felt as if her spirit was flowing into the depths of Maureen. Deanna reached to pull Maureen closer to her.She felt Maureen's arms hold her tight. Around her waist as Maureen wrapped around her neck. Deanna immediately felt the warm, soothing feeling of Maureen. And as if Maureen knew Deanna's thoughts, she heard her.