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you.”
    Lifting her off the ground, he held her tight. “I can’t wait,” he whispered.
    “Nor can I. Put me down and get inside. This will be the day your mind won’t be able to handle.” Then she kissed him on the lip, biting as she did.
    Warm blood coursed to the corner of his mouth as he shut the large m ahogany door, and he reveled in it.
    Lance Morgan turned toward his new love, gave her his most charming look, then , without warning, spun to his knees. His lips and face were tingling as a million pins and needles stabbed him repeatedly. His skin turned to fire and , just as quickly, there was no feeling at all. The next horrible moment he was flat on the floor, unable to move or even blink. Y et his brain was on full alert.
    A sound echoed within the room, like several children running through the marbled halls of the house. He realized that it was his heels hitting the floor at an uncontrollable rate, vibrating to a beat that seemed impossible for humans to accomplish . A nd then it was over.
    Odd. He couldn’t move , but felt the coolness of the floor and his eyes were beginning to burn for lack of moisture.
    What the hell?
    Lance’s mind did what anyone’s would in this situation; he craved help. Lily. But it occurred to him that she wasn’t helping. Certainly she could see he was in trouble, that something was terribly wrong with him. He glanced up and received the answer he’d never dreamed would be his.
    Lily, his Lily, was above him wearing a smile that raised his fright to an indefinable level. She , it, was void of any brand of joy but , instead, filled with — dare he think it — an evil he’d not envisioned . Watching as fear gripped his heart, she bent close to him.
    “Don’t worry, darling Lance. I won’t let the toxin steal your breath. That’s something that I’ve waited to do since you put your fingers on my imperfect hand. You simply had no idea what you were in for.”
    She nuzzled his ear , bit it, and laughed. She then reached into her pink bag, pulling out two objects.
    If his eyes could have grown wider, they would have. In her right hand was the largest corkscrew he’d ever seen, accompanied by a shining three-inch medical scalpel. He tried to scream, to move, to run . B ut the only thing he could sense at all was the beating of his heart , barely.
    Lowering herself to the floor, she proceeded to sit cross-legged at his left shoulder, leaning close and smiling a brilliant smile.
    “I hope you ’ve enjoyed the last look at the thing you crave most in this life. The sex we had didn’t do much for me but , then again, my pleasure is still to come .”
    Stroking his face with her hand she began to sing something he didn’t recognize, and then placed the corkscrew upright on his chest, point down.
    Once again, he tried to move but nothing happened. Yet h e did notice, however, that he was having difficult y breathing. More panic. Men like him didn’t check out this way. For one of the few moments in his life, he wished his father were here.
    Lily bent closer to his ear. “You must be curious as to what’s happening to you. Fair enough. Let me just say that the ocean is my friend,” she whispered.
    Even at that instant , he felt a flash of desire for her.
    The next second, his chest bore the brunt of pain delivered from hell itself. Blood pulsed into the air as Lily’s laugh ter echoed off the walls. Lance watched as she turned the corkscrew again, and screamed, but only his mind heard it. After two more excruciating turns, she lowered her face to his, and he saw the pleasure throbbing in her crazed eyes. It was then, truly then, that he knew he’d die today.
    A moment later, she straddl ed his chest, raising the scalpel to his right eye, still wearing that God-awful grin. She plunged the steel at his face just as he felt his heart run amok in his chest. He barely felt the scalpel withdraw from his iris . And then he felt nothing at all.

CHAPTER-5
     
     
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