"Look, I know you like it when your cousin Zack comes over," he said,"but he's gone for a while so you'd just better get back to your normalroutine."Z...na was again speechless. Finally, she managed to stammer out, "Okay,"and slinged her bag over her shoulder, heading for the door. She wassilent the entire time she walked to school.--- In the science lab, waiting for Spence and Cam, Zena paced back andforth. It had been one thing to be transformed into a girl, anotherthing entirely to. “Billy,” she said, “your father was a hero of the Czech independence movement. It was like the American Revolution that we’ve read about. Your mother is a brilliant woman who loves you very much. She loved you so much, she gave you to me to take care of for her. But, darling, you should try to learn the language of your mother and father so that you can greet her appropriately when the time comes.”“My God!” Karla whispered. “I don’t believe it. Just look!”The mother and child were seated at a. Thompson? Property? A pet? More?I was so confused as I lay in bed each night, reading and re-reading his texts, replaying the last two weeks in my head. I felt gross, used, disgusted as I thought of him blackmailing and fucking me. But then I thought of his kisses and tender words, and would get turned on. Then I got wetter thinking that he controlled our relationship, whatever it was, fully and completely. I would lay in my bed at night, on the verge of tears, but in ecstasy, playing with. It would be highly disrespectful to my awesomeness! The White Maidens have a no-tolerance policy on disrespect."The vampire was a little ... chunky. Dirty blonde hair, very bright blue eyes. She studied me with a lot of intelligence!"You're the one who killed Seth," she said."In my defense, he killed some of my Shadow dudes," I replied. "Don't get me wrong, most of them WANT to die. It would be very bad for moral if I didn't gank a motherfucker who killed some of mine though. I'm not fond of.