Summary

In Chapter 10, as Melanie sits in her chair, unable to move, she thinks about the sergeant’s strange behavior toward her. She thinks he might be jealous of Justineau’s affection for her, which means she has hit upon one of his weak points. She hears doors opening and footsteps running toward her cell. It is Justineau. She unstraps Melanie from her chair. Melanie jumps up and then freezes as she feels her jaw muscles start working. She warns Justineau to go away. They realize at the same point that when Justineau came in, she didn’t spray herself with the chemicals to hide her pheromone smell. Melanie recognizes what she is feeling as hunger. Melanie fights against herself. She pushes Justineau out the door just before the feeling over takes her. It is a long time before the feeling subsides. When Melanie...