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her feeling abandoned.  What was it with this guy that he could affect her so much?
    “I don’t understand.  You saw me…I haven’t had light hair since…”  The waitress stopped and smiled at them both.  “Just a few more minutes, you guys.”
    Bas smiled.  “Thank you.”  He turned to Park.  “We’ll eat, and then you and I are going to talk.”
    She knew it sounded lame, she just said okay, and returned to slurp the final melting dregs of the chocolate milkshake.  This was getting more bizarre by the second.
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    Chapter Three
     
     
     
     
    They loaded back into the car in silence.  After another half hour of travel, Bas bent over and keyed something into the GPS system, then glanced up at her.
    “There’s a hotel.  With interior rooms.  We’re going to stop for the day there.  We should make it in about half an hour.  Just follow the map.”
    Park said nothing for a few moments and then looked toward him.  Details were lost in the darkness, but the glow of lights illuminated his face just enough to make him out.
    “You know, I have a job.  I’m head of genetic research at LJP laboratories.  They’re going to notice my absence.  They all know I never miss a day of work.  Someone will check on me and call the authorities.”
    He had his eyes closed again, but he answered her.  His voice sounded so tired, his words came out on a sigh.
    “It doesn’t matter, Park.  They won’t find you.”
    His attitude pissed her off.  He might be the sexiest man she’d ever met, but his cavalier, “you will do what I tell you” attitude went against everything she believed.  She’d been a slave to her mother and her mother’s friends.  She would not do that again.  She was no one’s servant.
    “I can’t do this.  You need to let me know what you’re going to do with me.  If you’re going to kill me, just get to it.  If you’re not, I’m leaving you at the hotel and going home.  This has been the freakiest day of my life, and if I told you what my life has been like, you’d really appreciate that!”
    She glanced at the map and realized the hotel was an easy drive, and picked up her speed.
    Bas opened his eyes just a slit, enough to see her set jaw and rigid arms in the limited light.  He didn’t care.  She belonged to him now.  She just didn’t know it yet.
     
     
    Typical of roadside hotels, this one was shabby, had been in business since the late fifties, by the look of the architecture, décor, and condition.  Park pulled up to a nearly empty parking lot next to a sign that said, “acancy”, the ‘V’ burnt out, and stopped the car.
    She didn’t look at him, she just said, “Get out.”
    “Park…”
    “It’s not up for discussion.  Get out or kill me.  Just do it quickly.”
    “No one is killing anyone tonight.  Whether you believe me or not, you are in danger now too.  Shanks can find you.  If you go home, Park, he’ll use you to find me.  He’ll kill both of us then.  Your only chance is to stick with me until I can eliminate him.”
    “How about I think you’re crazy and I don’t believe anything you say?  How about you fucking get out of my car?”
    This couldn’t have gone much more difficultly.  Bas leaned over towards her, she pulled back and pushed at him with all her strength.  It didn’t budge him but she kept shoving.
    “No, you are not going to bite me again!”
    “No, I’m not.”  And he bit his own arm, the blood flowing, and held it to her mouth, forcing her to take some of it in.  She gagged and tried to scream at the same time.  The scream was a mistake, it made her swallow more of the slick red fluid.  When he pulled back, he grabbed her head and said two words.
    “Sleep now.” 
    Park felt lightheaded, and then went unconscious.
     
     
    She had very little weight.  Bas carried her up the exterior stairs to a second hallway which led to a room that had no outside exposure.  No