” She stuck her hand in and pulled out a large vibrator. “See? Toys.” She put the dildo back and pulled out a butt plug and a small leather whip.... “Or is this your style?” She replaced the items and pulled out a pair of handcuffs with a key attached to the chain. “No? Well, that’s all right, I just love plain sex, too. Isn’t that a funny way to talk - plain sex? When there’s nothing plain about fucking at all, is there?”“Uh, wow! You like games, huh? Cool.”“I adore games,” Caroline said huskily.. He felt no guilt in draining them of their blood reserves leaving a crumpled shell of humanity in the mud soon to be shredded to bits by the animals of the night.This family he was visiting was one of the original settlers of the area and they had inbred for generations with no visible negative effects on the attractive features of the female offspring. They had gifted him a young girl of about eighteen who was shy and withdrawn and unable to lift her face up to look into his eyes. It was not. My lungs were collapsing. My eyes had gone dark. I could not feel my own body. I would die in this eternal blackness. There was no hope.Except the hand holding mine.“J. Wake up, J. It’s just a dream. Just a dream.” Em’s voice finally penetrated the impenetrable. I followed her voice and the touch of her hand. “Just a dream, baby. I won’t let go of you.”Air rushed into my lungs and I wept.“It was a dream, Em. I knew it was a dream. I was in outer space and my suit collapsed. I knew I was. Get out there, now!" Leo followed her once she'd managed to dress and sat in the backseat.."What are you doing here?" she wondered and hoped the searing pain would cease."I'm making sure you are alright." Don't worry about me. You did nothing to stop it and that makes you no better than them."The taxi drove into the cresting sun and ended up at a refuge somewhere in upstate Nevada, where Kate would receive medical attention. Her brother and her finally might be free of their stepfather but now.