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.Indiana has wet miserable springs, but you make up for it in the fall.Pat was feeling a little blue as he walked.He figured it was the wet weatherthat was making him feel that way.At least he told himself that was what itwas.Cyberblood by Jonathan Amsbary225Chapter 27Ginger and Kit were feeling wired and happy and neither of them felt likesleeping.Jean, as usual, went to sleep on the cot in the corner of the greatPage 99ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlroom.They had once asked him if they disturbed him when he went to sleep likethat and he assured them that they didn't.He had trained himself to sleepwhere and when he could.He told them the once your body realizes that itmight be deprived of sleep for days at a time, it learns to sleep throughanything.The women started the evening in a giggly mood and eventually settled down towork.The events of the day had weighed heavily on them both.They were comingto terms with what their lives had become.They both started doing net searches on Royal European families.Some actuallyhad their own web pages with genealogies listed.Sometimes they used otherdata-bases to hunt down family lines.By two in the morning the only common thread the Ginger could find was thatthe lines were a lot more tangled than one might think.It was almostimpossible, she found, to actually trace a title back very far.By two in themorning she gave up, and she and Kit went to bed.* * * *David's night had awakened him in more ways than he knew possible.He had notslept at all and he was watching the sun come up as he sat parked outsideWayne's apartment.He could feel her now.She was with him.Cyberblood by Jonathan Amsbary226But somehow he knew that she had been with him for a very long time.She washealing him.She was making him stronger, better.She was throwing off hisself imposed shackles once and for all.Through his submission he was becomingcomplete and whole for the first time in his life.He knew Wayne was an early riser and saw his bedroom light turn on.Davidsmiled and waited another half an hour so that Wayne could go through hismorning routine.He sat back in the seat of his car and waited.He glanced inthe back seat and saw his suitcases and few belongings that he really needed.Last night she had said he was ready to come to her.He knew that he would.Screw school.Screw Bloomington.Screw Pat and Julie, screw them all.He didn't need them, and once he saidgood bye to Wayne, he'd be on his way.It would take him about eight hours toget were he was going.Still, he thought he should look up Samantha and saygood bye.Samantha had flown down to Birmingham to have her arm worked on.It was goingto be a long and complicated process.Usually, when you have a bone shatteredlike she had, the doctors would have to shorten the arm.Then you can have thearm repeatedly broken and stretched to grow new bone.It's a long and painfulprocess.Some doctor at theUniversity of Alabama, Birmingham hospital was working on a synthetic bonethat would greatly shorten the process if it worked.CSX had agreed to pay forSamantha's procedures because it turned out the engineer tested positive onhis drug test and Samantha's mom was drooling to sue them.He went to the door and knocked.Wayne let him in.He was not surprised to seeDavid, but was not that he wasCyberblood by Jonathan Amsbary227expecting him, Wayne was just never surprised by things like that."Come onin.There's some coffee.""Thanks" David said and poured himself a cup of coffee.He drank it black andhot."Wayne, we need to talk.""Sure David, what's up?""Wayne did Pat tell you I was collared last night?""No, you got arrested? He hadn't said a word about it.""Come on! Collared.You know, like being engaged online.Page 100ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlWell I asked him not to, but I always thought he might anyway.I'll have tothank him when I get the chance." David smiled and licked his lips lightly."Anyway, last night I gave myself to a Mistress, a Domme.I belong to her now."Wayne listened and nodded."Sounds dumb to me.""Wayne I love this woman.I'm going to go be with her.To live with her and behers forever.""That's nice." Wayne didn't know what else to say, he never really did."Whenwill you go to be with her? At the end of the semester, after we graduate?""No you don't understand, I'm leaving today, now.I just stopped by to saygoodbye.""Oh" Wayne felt suddenly terrible.He didn't want to looseDavid, but his words were hard to find."But David, what about graduation? Wewere all going down to Florida after commencement." It was lame, but it wasthe best he could come up with."Fuck that, Wayne.I don't need it.None of us do.Hell I'm smarter than mostof my professors already.What the fuckCyberblood by Jonathan Amsbary228do they know? Look at you.You're twice the musician than anyone on thiscampus is.You don't need their diploma."Wayne just blinked.David was getting agitated.He knew he needed to get goingand he didn't want to loose his nerve."Look, I have a long drive a head of me, I should go.""Sure David.Can I get your number?""I'll call when I get there." David lied and flushed."Wayne can I hug youbefore I go?""Huh? Oh.Thanks for asking first."David smiled."I've known you for years Wayne, I know what you're like."The two young men embraced hesitantly.What Wayne hadn't noticed was thatDavid had reached nonchalantly into his jacket pocket and grabbed a strong andvery sharp knife.As they hugged, David easily slipped the blade under Wayne's ribcage frombehind as he pulled him to his chest.He supported Wayne against his body ashe pulled the knife out and the other boy quickly bled to death in David'sarms."Sorry, my friend.If Samantha had been killed by that train this might nothave been necessary.That was the plan.Besides, you're too good for this world anyway."He laid Wayne on the floor and quickly left.For some reason he didn't worryabout his fingerprints or any other evidence that he might have left.He onlyworried about what his Mistress would say about his first kill when he saw herat sundown tonight.The thought gave him a shiver of delight.* * * *Cyberblood by Jonathan Amsbary229When Ginger woke up the next morning she found she was the last one up.Shepoured coffee all around joined the others at the table.Everyone was tiredand a little edgy as the new day was beginning."I didn't turn anything uplast night." 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