you might need to hear it again . '' i pretended to be absorbed in my likely worthless evidence . wet and needy , with no relief . '' moonlight threw shadows past his massive silhouette . she wraps her arm around my neck , my throat in the crook of her elbow . there must be more carnivores , he reluctantly decided . she had traded her nice little house for this cramped desperation , but there was no time to puzzle over that mystery now . 