![]() ![]() ![]() I put the speech down picked up the microphone and came out from behind the podium. I looked down at my notes and all the little black words blurred together on the page. I heard coughing and shifting in the audience. "But everything mankind" - I frowned - "personkind has accomplished has had a price. We've even created new kinds of people, like me. And we've harvested vast amounts of energy for everything from night-lights to enormous super-jets. I'm here because the human race has become more powerful than ever. "I'm here to testify about things I've seen and experienced myself. “Thank you for inviting me here today " I said my voice sounding nothing like me. ― James Patterson, quote from The Final Warning “I, uh-,” I began oh so coherently, and then I jumped up, almost knocking him Somehow we were pressed together, Fang’s arms around me now, sliding under my Then I remembered to breathe through my nose, and the fog cleared a tiny bit. Fang tilted his head to kiss me more deeply, and I felt totally lightheaded. I tried to speak, but one ofįang’s hands held the back of my head, and he kept his lips pressed against me, kissing me softly but with a Fanglike determination. ![]() “What?” I asked, just as his head swooped in and his mouth touched mine. ,” he began, and I waited, heart throbbing in my throat. I could hear the water lapping against the dock. The night settled around us like a blanket. ![]() His hand was hard and calloused, tough with muscle and old scars. ![]()
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