<div class="floatleft">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/ElectricBadger/angel1-1.jpg)   <br/><div align="center"><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Muriel - Unknown</span></span></em></div></div>Muriel nodded in complete satisfaction, a child given the candy it wanted so badly.  She watched her new possession kneel in supplication and wanted to take her again immediately; to thrust her mussed head between her legs or bleed her slowly as she dangled from a garrote, she didn't know which.  Both, maybe.  But she was fading too fast, her resources spent on the sexual frenzy, and her eyes fluttered as a wave of exhaustion rolled through her.  Her wings dropped to the floor, long feathers dragging across the stones as she slumped bonelessly to the floor.  "I'll be back...soon, darling darkness."<br/><br/>She melted away into the shadows, leaving Crane naked, chained and alone, her clothing scattered in torn remnants and Paul's makeshift bed her only comfort.