"Take two bites from this." What is this?" Never mind, it will take away anything that ails you." This looks like a poppy plant." Eat some of it."A ha...lf hour later, the pain faded away. Valerie was a little out of it but her laugh made all the other do the same. When she reached for the rest, Atlanta snatched it away and tossed it in the fire."This is medicinal, not for enjoyment," Atlanta warned. "You took quite a wallop from your sweetheart's arm. We're to cure that, not see you make an ass. She whispered in my ear that she would teach me some lessons. “Think of the biggest shit you ever took? If that big old stinker can come out of that little hole then the same size dick can go back up it!” she assured me.Again – it wasn’t a pretty picture and it was a lot more graphic than I was ready to hear but Betty patted me on my ass after I paid for the wine and cigarettes and walked me out. I realized once I got in the car that guy thought she was my mother saying all those things to. Athalia stood there, arms folded across her chest, and a strange smile on her face. He knew that smile. That was a mischievous smile. Fiona often used the same one. Seeing it on Athalia was strange though. He figured a stone better capable of the expression, but apparently not.“You ... spied.”She chuckled. An even stranger phenomena than her smiling.“Yes, I did. She seemed to be enjoying herself quite a bit, and you seemed enthralled.”“It’s her blood. It affects me in—”“Yes yes I know, she’s. His eyes never waver, and she shivers as if standing out in a snowstorm, the nubs on her chest threatening to tear through the thin fabric of her dress. “Turn around”, only two words, but spoken with a gentle forcefulness. Immediately, she turns around, limbs trembling with terrified excitement.The feel of his fingers gripping her elbows startle her, “How did he get over here and not make a sound?” she wondered, not realizing the fog of lust and fear she was consumed with had all but dulled her.