1 Amanda reached her car in record time and was relieved to find it just as she’d left it. There were no other cars in the lot, so she hurriedly slid into her lonely vehicle and locked all the doors. For the first time she had the security to think over the previous night, and the more memories she recollected the more abhorrence she felt. The breaking point came when she remembered how needy she’d been at the last, how desperately she wanted the creature to take her and make her its own. She covered her face in her hands and sobbed at what she’d done. The tears poured from her eyes and she started to blubber like an i***t. “Oh god, why?” she sputtered out. The darkness had penetrated every part of her, and she’d enjoyed it. Her whole body felt corrupted, unclean. “What have I do

