“There’s going to be a party up in Rockford to celebrate our season.” He traced her jaw with his thumb. “Would you be my date?” “Is this ...an everybody kind of thing?” Knowing what she meant, he smiled at her. “Sam and Gabe will be there, same with the rest of the team.” “That’s why you were looking at my calendar.” She was greeted with a devils grin. “Yeah. What do you say?” Hadley thought it over but knew her answer even before she told him she would go. A day or somewhere that she. I spent a year waiting and watching, suffering every humiliation, to learn the thing you gave up in exchange for your powers, but I now know what it is; the one pleasure you deny yourself—the sexual pleasures of men. You will succumb to the feelings your spell has awakened, and beg me to take you. When you do, the sorceress of the black tower will finally be defeated." Her soft laughter trailed off to a moan. "You don't... mmmh... understand." "Don't understand what? I know that spell. At anearly age you showed great potential for being successfully made into agirl and growing up as a female. As you progressed in school year by yearyour academic performance continued to be far above what is expected fora boy, and was even well above average for a girl. The recent interviewsI conducted with your teachers indicates that your classroom demeanor,and your relationship with your mother are still very similar to what isnormally expected for a girl. Your socialization in Elementary. . can I call you at home?" she asked with a sniff."Sure. It'll have to be a little later; I've got practice, and then I'm going to the mall with some guys right after that."Sammy stared at him with an expression Dave wasn't familiar with. "Is... is Leticia going with you?" she asked suspiciously."No," he replied slowly. "Why do you ask?" I ran into her earlier today. She was telling me about the great time she had with you," she said in an accusing tone of voice.Dave was something very close to.