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"I will find Malone," he told her

"You are an officer of the law You must do what you feel you randfather"

"Then you et the proper papers, because as I told you, he is old and ill, and I will not willingly let you in"

Javet sighed, shaking his head At last he started for his car

Tara did the sanition, and start down the drive before gunning her ownhim out to the road

As she drove, she tried to tell herself that Brent must have read the entire article He would know that the police were looking for hi around the village or sitting casually at the cafe As she drove, she felt the sa dread that had seized her before

It was real What they were saying was real

Her dream

Was somehow real She had never really left the chateau

And yet, she was certain that the place she had gone to was out there, somewhere

Somewhere near

Sleepdeep sleep was so wonderful Ann felt the comfort of her bed, and the sweetness of real rest But even as she lay, certain that sleep without drea, she felt the incursion into her real clouds and security

Her eye h she couldn’t wake up, she are that she reion And she was equally aware that it had been entered

Ann

She heard her na to her

Annyou know that you are ht the words whispered so tersely within it

You are mine, and you will let me in You will open the doors for me, and I will be with you You know that’s what you want, what you crave, what you need

No

Shadows filled her sleep Great sweeping wings, like those of a giant blackbird, hovering over her, folding around her Encasing her

There was a staggering heat within the caress of shadows She twisted and turned, and knew that she was surrounded

No

It occurred to Paul that he was ht well be following the same path that Yvette had taken, and yet, it was all that he could do He loved Yvette

Loved her more than he did himself, more than his own life, no s

And so he ith theabout those irl," he said, defensive lest anyone think that she should deserve a sad fate due to her promiscuity "You must understand, there are many who live here who travel into Paris to work, there are fae, and space so very dear But there are those who have been bom here as well, and those ish to escape, and maybe they haven’t the education for a fine job in Paris, and they have known so little other than the countryside, and the growing fields and the livestock, and theythey simply want e, and she hasn’t the wings to do so, and soand so " Thehim, and he couldn’t tell if a small smile curved the fellow’s lips, if he was a to say

"Yvette has sought to fly by catching on to the coattails of othersof other ently on his arm

"We will find Yvette," he was told softly