"I don't know what to do. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't even think straight. This is tearing me apart, I just want it to stop!"A terrifying shiv...r snuck up Jason's spine. "Who told you to find me?!" he demanded fearfully, preparing to jump out of his chair."The whispers ... they just don't stop! They keep telling me to do things and they hurt me if I don't obey! I've fought against them for as long as I can, but I can't take it anymore!"Jason hurried to his feet. "Guards! Guards! He's got. ..” Beverly protested.“My dear, you know all this can end very quickly. All you have to do is tell me what I want to know,” Mistress said, “Are you ready to tell me?”“I can’t, Mistress ... I just ... can’t!” she said, near sobbing.“Well, my dear, then we have a problem. Because you see, I have to get the answers to my questions. If I was to just drop it without getting those answers from you, then it would show you that I can be bested – and that simply won’t do. Worst of all, it would show. “You aren't even interested in making love anymore.” He at least had the decency to look a bit embarrassed at that. “Well, it seems like that's all you are interested in any more. Always wanting it and going off to masturbate in the bathroom when you think I've gone to sleep. Are you turning into some kind of nympho?” I was shocked. It was like he had slapped me. So many thoughts were running through my head. I wanted to scream at him but I knew that wouldn't help the situation at all. It took. Would the former fledgling be completely and immediately free or would it be compelled to carry out the last order that it had been given? To Arthur's great disappointment, the former turned out to be the truth. Inside Arthur's mind, the small knots of primitive emotion which represented his ferals winked out as Mia exterminated them in rapid succession.Although Arthur's body remained absolutely motionless within the dark shadows of the alley, his mind writhed with indecision. It had been his.