Or ab mai aap ko apani kahani bayan karta hu jaise mene bataya ki me apane mama ke yaha rehata tha tab mama bhi apne case ke silsile me mumbai gaye hu... the or ghar pe mai aur mami hi the un dino mai apne aap me kuch badlav mahoos kar raha tha magar samaj nahi paa raha tha ki mai kaya karu undino pahali baar raat ko sote whaqt mere lode se gada safed doodh jaisa kuch nikla ye dekh ke mai to paresan ho gaya me jaldi se bathroom gaya or apani underware change ki aur apana loda dho dala par jaldi. I fight for their freedom, and my own.” She got to her feet. “You can call me Audrey. Are you ready?”“You can call me Henry. You lead, I’ll follow.”They set off once more, now at a quicker pace with their breathing in sync. The ogre tracks were tantalizingly fresh, but they never saw the creatures themselves. To keep running like this after chasing the ship so far, they were a formidable race. Eventually, the sun’s proximity to the horizon was beyond ignoring. “Ogres only take prisoners to pit. That burst that we’d experienced last night—that moment where Kate and I both wept our climaxes. It spoke to me. There was a word for it. I needed to find that word in the paint.I almost carelessly tossed a canvas on my easel, noting that it landed vertical. Fine. I clamped it and pulled my paints together. I couldn’t see the whole piece yet, but I could see blue—lots of ultramarine, fading to Payne’s grey. The extenders I used made it almost translucent. I scraped away paint from the dark mass. We hadn't moved past hot and heavy kissing and making out and the occasional moment when Maxie would wrap his hand around us both. I was desperate to touch him, to do more, but every time I steeled myself to try, visions of the Hyde Park bathroom flooded through me and forced me to back down. We drove through the city, the land sloping gently towards the sea, and my body thrummed with desire to the tune of the bike. Maxie's heart beat loud and strong against my hands, steady like he was,.