The Heart of Red Stone

[Part 1: The Spider Woman]

"Interesting! Interesting!~"

"How fascinating!~ David Victor! Hey! Are you awake?"

Ms. Violet sat beside the bed, rummaging through David's notebook in his doctor's bag.

She read from his travel notes to his lodging reviews, and discovered Victor's little secret in the material he'd gathered.

"You want to experience what it's like to be a woman? My goodness!~ How fascinating!"

The tall, athletic, sultry woman leaned against the bed frame, bending down toward the unconscious Victor. A little saliva trickled from her bright red lips, and a strand of drool nearly dripped onto his forehead.

She hurriedly composed herself, sucking back the delicate, spider-silk strand of spit. Her face was full of coyness, embarrassment, seductiveness, and excitement.

"In Arizona, only women have ever hated this body for not being able to grow a root between their legs! And no man has ever wanted to have his balls castrated! Victor! What on earth is going on in that little head of yours? You naughty thing! You clever little rascal! You're just too fascinating!"

"You should know, penniless scum can only sell their bodies for money. And wealthy young ladies still have to squeeze into a corset and hoop skirt like mine, attend society balls, marry into a lord's family, satisfy that hot, throbbing manroot, and then give birth to a few fat boys!"

Violet blinked and grinned wickedly—

"—And if you dare cheat, ha! How thrilling! They'll hang you on a fence and whip you! Maybe they'll even shoot you! One bullet, and the woman you spent twenty years raising will wither away and die for nothing!~"

David Victor opened his eyes. Like a statue, he didn't immediately get up.

Ms. Violet exclaimed in delight, "You're awake?!~"

Mr. Victor didn't move right away. His mind was hazy;