Ash Turner seduced her with the promise of her own self.

“Will I see you at all?”He shook his head. But he couldn’t yet make himself move…”

“He was nothing but a deep abyss of want, and only she could fill him.”

“I will not be browbeaten, however nicely you do it. I am done with things happe…”

“His voice was rough when he spoke again. “So beat me to flinders,” he said. “Wi…”