"Let go, ' he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. 'No, not of me, ' he said, smiling. 'You can hold on to me as long as you want. Let go of the pain, Sookie. Let go. You need to drift away.'It was the first time I had relinquished my will to someone else. As I looked at him, it became easy, and I retreated from the suffering and uncertainty of this strange place."