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"My heart is outsideinto the darkness

"How far away?"

"Ten miles between here and Elizabeth’s house I could run it in an hour"

"I could run it in fifty-fiveup at hier than I a not to smile at her

"If I don’t will you turn me over your knee?"

Søren raised his eyebrow, and Grace blushed ear to ear

"Good God, now you’ve got lad Kingsley didn’t hear that He’d take you up on that offer"

He smiled as he spoke but she saw sorrow in his eyes, sorrow and fear

"Where is Kingsley?"

"The last place I want hiet Nora back"

Søren nodded

"Both Kingsley and Eleanor are out there facing unknown terrors I’sley?"

"I do Does that shock you?"

"Not at all He reerous, beautiful"

"Those two--they’ve twin spirits, although they’d deny it with their last breaths Kingsley’s parents died when he was fourteen Eleanor’s parents were beyond useless to her as a teenager"

"You were a father figure to both of the to have them both back safely"

"They will come back You have faith I’ll have my child someday I have faith you’ll have yours"

"Thank you Until then" He raised the glass and took another drink

"I should have thought of that," she said, nodding at the wine "Better than crying over a stuffed dog"

Søren slass to her

"Take it I shouldn’t have anythe wine fro to drink after him Still, she took a sip

"Merlot Very nice"

"Daniel has a decent cellar His late wife, Maggie, was so of an oenophile"