Chapter Eleven Wind Shear “….the lord of Eros will not be denied his awesome role in our lives.” — Michael Perkins, The Secret Record Yesterday she took a really big hit, the worst so far, and it seemed to last a long time. It scared the hell out of her! They were coming more frequently now, and each one harder and longer than the last. When they first started Meredith wondered if she was coming down with something, maybe the flu. But now she knew it was more than that. Something was dreadfully wrong! The last one was more like a whole-body seizure. In the wake of that episode, she had been left profoundly shaken, trembling, and scared out of her wits. There was a queer, disorienting feeling, and there was something else. She felt a curious tingle of arousal, a quickening, definitely

