Her hand ran up and down through his hair before tightly gripping a spot at random. Her tongue slid into his mouth, stroking his own tongue like a pet.... She moaned, then abruptly pushed herself away. She was panting harder now, and the expression on her face had settled into something he found more recognizable.“I need—” she began.The doorknob rattled, and she glanced down. What the hell, I think my brain just melted. Also, did she just finish eating some blueberries?Prez pulled him by his hand. I saw her splash, saw her feet come up briefly, and then she sunk beneath the surface of the water. I walked over looking in. Where before she'd looked like some sort of apparition, she now looked more like a mermaid. A very, very beautiful mermaid, her long dark hair flowing out in every direction at once, swimming below the water on her back, eyes open looking up at me as she did so. She had her hands down between her legs ... she was masturbating. I was standing there mouth agape, watching a. 3. The First Date with AlisonOn date night, I picked her up in my little white convertible, whichwas a very nice car, but had very poor heat, and went to a local pizzaplace for dinner. It was winter, of course, and we froze on the way tothe restaurant. We ate, we talked. She was 2 years older, and in a pre-law program at a prestigious local university. She said Angela couldn'tstop talking about me, even after we broke up. But, now that Angela hasmoved on, and she (Alison) found me by accident. .. she found me...” She shook her head again. “It was a hard time in my life, but I trust her to the ends of Arcanum itself. If she says that we need to be on our guard, if she says we need to get to Tarant, we need to get to Tarant.”“All roads do lead to Tarant after all,” I said, nodding.Sally stuck her finger in her ear, twisting it. “‘Innit it Dernholm? I always heard the saying was ‘all roads lead to Dernholm?”“Not anymore,” I said.“Hah!” Sally laughed, then slapped my back. “Lets get a.