Millicent's POV

'What the fuck?' I heard Christopher say and felt him throw the covers over me and at the same time jumped off me. I felt bereft. I had not been aware of my surroundings. I had been far gone in pleasure land, so my mind was slow in taking in the things that were happening. So I sat up to find out why Christopher had leapt away from me. Was he going to stop half way again, like he did at the stream? I looked up to find Sylvester at the door, blood dripping from his mouth, there ...