‘Drink my blood,’ she told him. He tentatively did as instructed — tasting it for the first time. He swallowed a mouthful, seeing the incision ...lready beginning to heal — like a magic trick. ‘The combined fluids from me will allow you to experience something you might enjoy. Consider it an enlightenment of sorts.’ She leaned forward holding his head — massaging his temples — looking in his eyes. ‘Look into my eyes until you begin to see something and tell me what you see,’ she said. Her eyes. Figuring Jo must be out there with him, hence no one answering the door, he closed the front door and walked through the house.When Charlie stepped around the dinette table and got a full view of the back yard, he began to make sense of what he was seeing. Obscured from his vision at first, he could now see Jo bent forward over the coping of the pool as the blonde guy, somewhat familiar but Charlie couldn't place him, stood behind her with his hands on her hips. He slid the door open."You.... After a while, I tried to stop even looking. My hope was fading. Nothingever changed for me. The only relief I ever had was the time I was atAmy's and she would treat me like a sister.Oh, the hours we spent doing homework and talking about clothes, boys,makeup, and such. It was during those times that I really felt like I waswhole. I felt really happy. But those times wouldn't last for me.Eventually I would have to go home and back to the real world, the worldof fear and hating myself.To earn. His belt was loosed, and with a knee up on the bed, he held his naked body over the dark-haired woman, ready to feel the inside of her. The prince could not have stopped even if he wanted to, so strong was her hold on him; he found himself completely in her power. But as he was about to enter her, she broke the spell: he felt the sting of a slap across his face."Don't even think about trying to be gentle," she said, almost spitting in his face. Her tone was a mockery. She put her hands behind.