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He contemplated me with a confused expression "Why wouldn&039;t I be?"

"You went flying into the - " I waved uely

His eyes softened "I can&039;t count the number of times I&039;ve been thrown from a horse I kno to fall I assure you, that looked much worse than it was"

It looked like he&039;d broken his neck, yet he climbed to his feet easily, then held out his hand to ainst his; just the touch of skin on skin o into his ar words in another language until

However, when I reached o and stepped back I frowned at his withdrawal, then noticed we&039;d drawn a crowd

So you, Edana had warned

Make that a whole lot of someones

When everyone realized that Malachi was fine and the horse, too, they drifted away

"What got into hiaze went past ht Edana her supper still stood outside the tent

"He&039;s never liked Molly," Mal murmured "I&039;m not sure why"

Malachi was called back to whatever he&039;d been doing; Molly disappeared into the crowd, head hanging

Poor kid

I returned to my car, which by noas one of the last left, and started the engine Sabina appeared in the glare of ood hand

"Did you want to tell ht do that

She shook her head Her eyes, intent on irl, who&039;d been coining toward ait, stopped I turned and, at the sight of Edana, understood why I&039;d had that weird tingle They had the same eyes

"You&039;re her - "

"Grandmother," Edana interrupted "And all she has since her parents died"

I frowned at the hesitation on the word Had they died or hadn&039;t they?

I recalled Mal saying they&039;d wanted to drown their daughter and he&039;d stopped the, child," Edana ordered

Sabina shuffled toward her grand, dark hair shrouded her face so that when she moved past me, she bumped into me

I reached out to steady her, shocked at how cold her arht

"She&039;s lonely," Edana said when Sabina had passed out of earshot "She knows she isn&039;t supposed to consort with the gadje, but there&039;s no one here her age"

Sabina was the youngest Gypsy I&039;d seen, and she had to be in her late teens or early twenties

People lived, loved, married, and procreated It hat people did So what had happened to the children?

Before I could ask Edana, she walked away All of the tourists and locals had gone; the Gypsies bustled about cleaning up I went hoot there, I checked the s and doors Josh was still on the loose, though I doubted, after last night, he&039;d come back here However, one never could tell

Then I wandered around the house unable to settle doaiting, watching, wondering Would he coht had arrived when a sharp rap drew me into the kitchen Malachi stood fralass doors

He must have taken another dip in the lake, or ainst his head,the spike of his cheekbones more pronounced and his eyes blacker than polished ebony

He wore black, too, though he&039;d only buttoned two buttons near the bottolistened beneath the light of the moon

I crossed the room and opened the door