Then she threatened my pension. And when I finally said she could have it all, as long as I could leave in peace, she must have realized I was serious...as a fucking heart attack. Two months after that, here I was, stepping into my front door. A new address. A new setup. A new driveway. A new front yard. A new everything. Including a new life. And life changes? It was an amazing feeling. Scary. Disappointing to have to start all over and go through it again. But more than anything, it was a. Human males couldn't even mind-link on their own, but required active female participation – and that was limited to the females of her own species or members of her converted family. Even her father required the Praetor to mind-link with her and his other daughters.'Perhaps they just don't want to mind-link with each other, ' Béla thought as she watched Jake peruse through her mind. She could feel his aversion to the whole idea of mind-linking with another male. 'Why is that, I wonder? I like. "Barbara?" When the older woman met her eyes she continued with a single word. "Please." The look on the younger woman's face was filled with desire and longing."Very well sweetheart," smiled Barb as she reached into a stainless steel bowl resting on the nightstand. There was a slight rattle before she leaned forward and touched the dripping ice cube to Lee's lips. The young woman licked it and shivered.Barb plucked the cube from her lover's lips and replaced it with her own. She slid the. She talked like she was addicted to it. Well, I didn't mind. I was soon addicted to her. She told me her name. I told her mine. She asked about my school I asked about hers. We exchanged ages. I'm exactly four months older than her. I was born in April, she was born in August, both on the 18th. She clapped her hands with glee, declaring our meeting must be fate."What are the odds we're both born on the 18th!?" she exclaimed in amazement."One in thirty," I muttered. I wasn't even being a.