Tashana looked sympathetic as John returned to the four girls. “I’m not surprised if Faye’s feeling a bit dazed. You left a dramatic impression ...n me after our first time together.”Irillith frowned and playfully wagged a finger at him. “You probably overloaded her circuits ... Rachel actually managed to shut Faye down when we were testing her sensitivity.”“It’s not my fault I’m a spectacular kisser,” Rachel said with a grin, knowing the Maliri girl was only teasing.Rolling her eyes at the. I nod, and Beth explains to him there's this new Virus X,very, very serious, there's no publicity about it or there'd bepublic panic, he's got it for sure, and there's no fast cure. Itaffects only men, feeds on testosterone or chromosomes orsomething, I don't remember, Beth was pouring out gibberish. Firstit shrivels their balls, then it kills them. But there areprecautions you can take, and also there's this antibody to keep itfrom killing you while the disease is running its course,. ”She pushed start, and we watched in morbid fascination as a few degrees beneath the equator, a collection of huge sunspots merged into one gigantic tempest, several dozen times the diameter of the Earth. A few seconds later, a massive chunk of the sun’s surface vented into space as the new sunspot erupted in a brilliant M-Class flare. The tremendous flash momentarily overloaded and blinded the satellite’s camera in a wash of white light. Nine minutes later, the current from the array spiked as. Gunnar Lindberg, Abel's father."Christina, this is Gunnar Christian Lindberg, my Dad," Abel announced."Not anymore, I'm not. I've figured out enough to know that you're no son of mine. I wonder if you're even of my seed. That tramp of a mother of yours has obviously been unfaithful to me," Gunnar invaded his wife's personal space, raising his hand as if to strike her."Once again, Gunnar, you haven't been listening. If you had, you'd know that Kelly and I never actually slept together. I've.