i wondered what shed say when she found out i was alive . she was n't finished with him , not by a long shot . the man who ran the place seemed intent on making us stay overnight . he pointed out that should anything ever happen to him , i would die slowly from thirst . did her metabolism operate above the standard thirty seven degrees ? it is only you who can crawl through the hole alone . or maybe he just wasnt there yet , and id wake up one morning with his teeth wrapped around my throat . 