Base Nature (44 page)

“Wha—”
S
he
was
bre
athing
ha
r
d and n
o
w
c
o
nf
u
si
o
n
fill
e
d h
e
r
mind like m
udd
y wa
ter
.

“S
u
ch a
b
ad
gi
r
l.
T
ime
f
o
r
a l
e
s
s
o
n f
r
o
m the
man-
be
ast,”
he
ch
u
ckl
ed
.

L
iv
wait
e
d
to
f
ee
l
f
e
ar
o
r
e
v
e
n
anxi
e
ty.
A
l
e
s
s
o
n
c
o
u
ld
b
e
ha
r
sh
o
r
b
a
d
.
No
f
e
ar cam
e
.
N
o
w
o
rr
y. A
f
r
azzl
e
d
k
i
nd
o
f
e
xcit
e
m
e
nt
was what she
f
e
lt.
“
O
h,”
s
he
bre
ath
e
d
.

“Y
e
ah,
o
h
.”
With
e
ase
he
h
e
ft
e
d
h
er
.
He g
r
a
bbe
d
a
spat
u
la
f
r
o
m
a
s
u
nf
l
o
w
e
r patt
er
n
e
d
pitch
e
r
a
nd
p
l
o
pp
e
d
i
nto
a
b
ig
la
dder
-
b
ack
chair
with
h
e
r
dr
ap
e
d
o
v
e
r
h
e
r lap.

“
G
a
rre
t
t
!
”
she
g
asp
ed
,
s
ee
ing what
w
a
s c
o
ming
n
o
w.

“
F
ive
swa
t
s
f
o
r
be
ing
s
u
ch
a
b
ad
gi
r
l.”
He
d
id
wink
at
h
e
r and
that
tam
e
d
the small fl
u
tt
e
r
o
f
u
nc
er
tainty
in
h
e
r
bre
ast.
“
O
n
e
,” he
sai
d
, smack
i
ng the
flat
o
f
the
white spat
u
la
so
that
s
he
y
e
lp
ed
.
T
he
sting
b
l
e
n
d
e
d
i
nto
a
pl
e
as
ur
a
b
l
e
h
o
t
p
u
lse
in
h
e
r
skin. H
e
r
c
u
nt
e
ch
o
e
d
the p
u
lse
and
she n
o
tic
e
d
f
o
r
the fi
r
st
time
the ha
r
d
p
re
ss
o
f
his
c
o
ck against
h
e
r
be
lly.
L
iv
wiggl
e
d
and
he la
u
gh
ed
.
“
B
a
d
,
b
a
d
,
b
a
d
.
N
o
w
a
n
o
th
er
.”
He whack
e
d
h
e
r
ag
a
in
and h
e
r
p
u
ssy
g
re
w
ta
u
t.
S
he
f
e
lt
so
sw
o
ll
e
n. So
h
o
t. So
re
a
d
y,
she want
e
d
t
o
sc
re
am.
She
want
e
d
t
o
w
i
ggle
b
ack
and
s
u
ck
his
c
o
ck.
She
w
a
nt
e
d
to
climb

o
n
t
o
h
i
s
lap and
sli
d
e
d
o
wn his ha
r
d
c
o
ck,
r
i
d
e
him
u
ntil she
cam
e
.
U
ntil
he
cam
e
,
h
i
s t
ee
th
o
n
h
e
r s
h
o
u
l
der
.
I
nst
e
ad
s
he
br
a
c
e
d
f
o
r th
re
e
and
bu
ck
e
d
u
n
de
r
the sma
r
t, stingi
n
g swa
t
.

“
P
l
e
as
e
,
pl
e
as
e
,
pl
e
as
e
.
I
n
eed
—”
L
iv
s
t
o
pp
ed
.

“What
d
o
y
o
u n
eed
?”
He
d
i
d
n
’
t
de
liv
e
r
f
o
ur
.
I
nst
e
ad
he pa
r
t
e
d
h
e
r thighs
wi
d
e and she
f
e
lt
the
c
oo
l,
plastic
e
nd
o
f
the
spat
u
la
ru
n
a
f
a
st
ci
r
cle
a
r
o
u
nd
h
e
r
clit
and
u
p
h
e
r slit. H
e
r
h
e
ad
f
e
ll
d
o
wn, h
e
r
f
o
re
h
e
ad
b
ang
e
d
his l
e
g.

“
O
h
G
o
d
.”

“What
d
o
y
o
u
n
eed
?”
G
a
rre
tt
slipp
e
d
the
han
d
le
i
nsi
d
e
h
e
r
j
u
st
a
b
it.
S
l
o
w,
c
o
o
l slips
into
h
er
,
h
alting
dr
ags
o
u
t
o
f
h
er
.
He
p
r
o
p
e
ll
e
d
the
han
d
le
u
p
and into
h
e
r
with
a g
e
ntle
m
o
t
i
o
n
and
as
s
he
r
ais
e
d
h
e
r
h
e
ad
to
sp
e
ak,
she
f
e
lt
the
b
iting
s
t
ing
o
f
a
b
l
o
w f
r
o
m his palm.

“
M
ake
me c
o
m
e
.
I
n
ee
d
t
o
c
o
m
e
.”
S
he
said
it
as
h
o
n
e
stly
as
she c
o
u
l
d
.
H
e
r h
e
ad t
o
ss
e
d
b
ack,
wa
t
ching
him
o
v
e
r
h
e
r
sh
o
u
l
de
r
a
s
he
cl
e
nch
e
d
h
is
jaw.
His
e
y
e
s
o
n
h
er
.
T
he
flick
e
r
o
f
w
e
akn
e
ss
wh
e
n
she
w
r
iggl
e
d
j
u
st
so
a
nd
rubb
e
d
his
c
o
ck
with
h
e
r
be
lly.
T
o make h
e
r
p
o
int
s
he
sai
d
,
“
F
o
ur
.”
L
iv
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
e
r h
e
ad
and wa
t
ch
e
d
h
e
r
hair
bru
sh the
f
l
oo
r
.

“
O
ne
m
o
re
,”
he
s
ai
d
,
h
urr
ying
his th
ru
sts
with
the
t
oo
l.
Pu
shing
a
gainst
that sw
ee
t sp
o
t in
s
i
d
e
h
e
r
his f
i
ng
er
s
had
al
re
a
d
y
f
o
u
n
d
.
“
O
ne
m
o
r
e
f
r
o
m the
man-
be
ast.”

“Y
e
s,”
she whisp
ered
.
A
nd he
s
mack
e
d
h
e
r
ha
rde
r
th
a
n
e
v
e
r
e
v
e
n
as
he
o
b
vi
o
u
s
l
y tam
e
d
his
o
wn
st
re
ngth.
L
iv
l
e
t
the
o
r
g
a
sm
take
h
e
r
u
n
der
.
W
e
t
a
nd
fast
and
o
v
er
wh
e
lming
like a
sw
e
ll
o
f
wa
ter
.
She
f
e
ll
in
t
o
it
and
l
e
t
go
o
f
h
er
s
e
lf,
s
o
bb
ing
o
n
his lap,
m
o
ving
as she
cam
e
.
T
he
f
ee
l
o
f his
ere
cti
o
n
p
re
ss
e
d
t
o
h
e
r
mi
dd
l
e
.
T
he
e
vi
de
nce
o
f his want
o
f h
er
.

“I
want
e
d
y
o
u
t
o
f
u
ck
m
e
.” “
N
o
p
r
o
t
e
cti
o
n.”