guests inside the cramped shoebox home while one of her friends took little Swakilki to the garden for some fresh air. As the womancuddled the little girl in her arms, she felt the shock from the hot blast that ripped through Aki Herai's home.
The cause of the explosion would later be diagnosed as an accident--a gas leak.
It was a gas leak; an accident, it was not.
Yes, Swakilki was indeed a survivor--born without a father, and alive without a mother.
Tokyo, Japan, 1987
Orphaned at the age of six, Swakilki had been transferred to the Holy Family Home, an Osaka orphanage run by kind, gentle and caring nuns. She would spend the next six years here.
During these six years she would eagerly await the monthly arrival of one of the jovial and rotund Fathers from Rome. His name was Alberto Valerio, and he would always bring her candy. For Swakilki, he was her Santa Claus.
She was one of the 'lucky' ones to get adopted at the age of twelve by a fairly well-off couple in Tokyo. What she could not have known was that the adoption would come at a price. Little Swakilki was abused and raped by her adoptive father at the age of fourteen; he told her it was their 'special little secret'.
Scared and confused, she ran away a year later to take up a job in an oppaipabu, one of the sleazy establishments on the outskirts of Tokyo where customers were allowed to fondle the female staff to their hearts' content. It was at the oppaipabu that she met an older man, Takuya.
She shared his bed on the first night they met, and he shared with her his knowledge of anandamides.
Anandamides are naturally occurring neurotransmitters in the brain whose chemical make-up is very similar to cannabis. The word 'anandamide' is derived from 11
the Sanskrit word ananda, which means bliss.
Swakilki learnt how to enjoy the rush of anandamides within her brain when she killed. She then learnt how to make men experience the same rush when she had sex with them.
Takuya trained her well over the next few years. First came the techniques of killing--suffocation, strangulation, drowning, garrotting, poisoning, explosion, shooting, stabbing, castration and ritual disembowelment.
Next were the techniques of seduction. Tantric sex and the Kama Sutra became her daily study rituals. Self-grooming, dressing, conversation, cuisine and wine selection were next on the menu.
The friendship between Takuya and Swakilki was one of mutual dependence.
Takuya was closely linked to Aum Shinrikyo, a lethal religious cult. He was member of a small group that carried out assassinations of important and influential people who were considered enemies of Aum Shinrikyo. Swakilki was an ideal recruit. She was gorgeous, ruthless and, most importantly, emotionally barren. The final product was sexy, seductive, sultry, silent, and sharp. Razor-sharp.
Her first assignment would be Murakami-san, one of the most outspoken critics of Aum Shinrikyo.
Tokyo, Japan, 1990
Swakilki and Murakami-san had dined at a very expensive Kaiseki restaurant.
Kaiseki cuisine was historically vegetarian owing to its Zen origin, though not anymore.
Only the freshest seasonal ingredients were utilised, and these were cooked in a delicate style aimed at enhancing their original flavours. Each dish was exquisitely prepared and carefully presented along with elaborate garnishes of leaves and flowers.
They were now in his penthouse on the top floor of a skyscraper in the neon-filled district of Shunjuku in northwest Tokyo. They lay entirely naked on the king-sized bed; she had worn him out completely. Swakilki knew some of the finest techniques in the art of pleasuring a man. Her petite frame, perfectly rounded breasts and delicate features only accentuated her oozing sex appeal.
She had taken Murakami through several waves of near orgasm using different styles of stroking and stimulation. She knew that after coming close to orgasm a few times, without releasing themselves,most men