“Tempted” Episode 36
Although Rafe's dream magic motivates the estranged couples to take steps towards reconciliation, his angelic guidance is no match for Caleb's destructive schemes. Lucy and Kevin, Eve and Ian, Jack and Livvie try to have faith in their love, but despite their sincere attempts to reconnect, suspicion and discord prevail. Happy dreams may inspire hope and rekindle love, but Caleb's power lies in the deepest fears and desires of the human soul. Doubt, obsession, jealousy, and insecurity are Caleb's tools, emotions more potent and compelling than Rafe's feeble dream dust can overcome.
Craving the nurturing, protective love of Jack, Livvie begs Jack to let her take a nap in his bed. While she sleeps alone in the bed, whose face and body does she envision lying next to hers? Is she a good girl dreaming of her loyal first love, Jack, and their bond so pure and safe, or is she Caleb's "good girl" dreaming of the lascivious delights her vampire lover so plentifully provides? Perhaps she dreams of both, wanting both men whose lives and destinies have been inextricably linked in her heart, but whichever she chooses, she will sacrifice a part of herself by not choosing the other.
Livvie awakes and calls for Jack, but instead, sees Caleb on the bed with her. He lies at her feet, staring at her with a cold yet sensual gaze, the gaze of a predator stalking his prey, focused, commanding, unwavering. His black leather pants accentuate his sinuous grace. As she shifts in the bed and crouches, huddled by the pillow, Caleb lies still, not moving, just staring as the bed jiggles with her startled motions. In his icy eyes and relaxed yet unmoving pose is the menacing patience of a panther waiting to pounce. |
