...this refinement and delicacy were what Cale adored; but Cale had been beaten into shape, hammered in dreadful fires of fear and pain. How could she be with him for long? A secret part of Arbell had been searching for some time for a way to leave her lover__lthough she was unaware of this, it is only fair to record. And so as Cale waited for her to save him while he worked out a way of saving her, she had already chosen the bitter but reasonable path of the good, of the many over the one...

Never compare your love life from what you read or watched in a movie. Those are carefully thought about, yours on the good will of fate

A writer's partner should be a good reader...otherwise she/he will get bored what's happening around.

But it wasn__ mine anymore. It was his. I was his. Something in that flirted with the submissive I knew that lurked inside. How long had I waited and searched for the right man? One who could dominate me with more than just words? A sadist that liked the extreme side of life? That__ what I needed, and one with a darkness to match my own.

A true lover never demands a naked girl with him,rather he feels her presence all the time with him

Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.