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“Having sex wasn’t the focus of that compulsion, Stanley,” Gaia groaned. “He was merely supposed to have fun at the party. All that the compulsion accomplished was give him courage. I’ve told you it wasn’t even a full-on compulsion. Trust me, you wouldn’t wanna see what a full compulsion can do to a person. Whatever Will did, he already wanted to do. Tell me, how did he act? Natural or forced?”
“How do you mean?”
“When you two were fucking, did he look robot-like in his actions or looked like he was being forced?”
“Oh no.” Stan shook his head. “He was very natural. He knew what he wanted. He was very sane.”
“See? He just had courage that’s all.”
Stan nodded. “I get it. But I think I dropped the ball on this one. I should have known better than to leave him unattended amid crazy vamps.”
“Hey, you knew he was safe. He was under full protection.”
“Look where that got him?”