i needed her to give me the strength to fight for it , but in the blink of an eye she was gone . `` ah , were you once in that bosom ? the rest of the fleet appeared in quick succession . ill keep things short , she said , lowering her voice so only i could hear her , even though there was a lot of space between us and the other passengers . the drug was kicking in and her body was starting to feel heavy . would this ever happen to anyone but me ? 