My VS responded at will, except when Fabio had grabbed me. What had he meant by his Master giving him something extra? After the ensuing scene of Jude being held within a circle of flaming light and sinister darkness, then hauling my wasted best friend home, and finally ending with a toe-curling kiss, I’d forgotten all about Fabio’s final threat. Until now. Utterly exhausted, I toweled off and slipped into sweatpants and a tank top. After blow-drying my hair and walking back into my bedroom, I realized how chilly the apartment was. Apparently, the cool front the meteorologists had been promising us had finally arrived. I padded down the hall and switched on the thermostat to the heater for the first time this season. Mindy was out cold. Blonde waves pooled on her pillow and lips pursed like an infant, making a soft wheezing sound as she always did in deep sleep. I unfolded the quilt at the foot of the bed, draped it over her, then quickly shuffled back to my room and crawled into my own bed.
