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Maggie was dreah, but as even stranger was the fact that she kneasn’tan ordinary dreathat casent Sowith frustration, even while the nor afraid

Mist Mist everywhere, white tendrils that snakedgracefully across her vision and coiled around herlike genii that had just been let out of la that there were dark shapes out intheout of the corner of her eye, but as soon as she turned they were obscured again

Gooseflesh rose on Maggie’s arms It wasn’t justthe touch of the mist There was a noise that le It was justat the threshold of hearing, distorted by distanceor soain, "Who are you?"

Give et rid of the prickly feeling on herneck This is just way tootoo GothicDo Ialways have corny drea happened thatsent a new chill washing over her, this tih theAnd then, strangely, everything seean to recede She saw a figure, darkagainst it, nothing ht of Miles-but thethought was gone aler, she could tell by theshape of hi in a desperate voice,"Where are you? Where are you?"

So that was it Not "Whoare you," Maggiethought

"Where are you? Maggie! Where are you?"

The sound of her own name startled her Buteven as she drew in a sharp breath, he turned andsaw her

And stopped short The onenow and she could see his face His expression wasone of wonder and relief and joy

"Maggie," he whispered

Maggie stood rooted to the spot She didn’t knowhim She was positive she had never seen hi at herasif asif shewere thein the universe tohi for her for years untilhe’d aliven up hope She was too astonished tosteps he was in front of her, his handsclosing on her shoulders

Gently Not possessively Butasif he had theabsolute right to do this, andasif he needed toconvince hih," he said

He was theperson she’d ever seenDark hair, a little rough and tousled, with a tendency to wave Sant bones A ht be proud and willful, but right noas simply vulnerable

And fearless, brilliant yellow eyes

It was those eyes that held her, arresting andstartling in an already distinctive face No, she hadnever seen him before She would have remembered

He was a whole head taller than she was, andlithe and nicelyoverpowered There was soin those fierce, blacklashed golden eyes

"Listen, I know you don’t understand, and I’h-andthere isn’t ie latched onto thelast sentence alh?"