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"I really ca I heard a lot of coe done It looks like a pack of dogs tra away yesterday" She watched the sunlight and shadows stroke Kevin's face, pointing out a dimple in his cheek, a stroke of brow, a sparkle in his eyes Her fingers itched to draw him

"You're an artist," he said, the words a state since I was a little girl" She felt like a child as she spoke to him, aard and embarrassed

"I wasn't aware the house had neners"

"Oh I' here for a while, just for a couple of months or so" She felt hbor Especially such a pretty one" He grinned and leaned back against the railing, his hands in his pockets "Have you been here long?"

"No, not really" She started to clean her brush

"What brought you here?"

"U to drink? Perhaps an iced tea?" she asked Oh, God, she thought How stupid

"No, thank you," he replied He walked across the terrace and lifted her roll of drawings "Do you h the for her to answer "Very nice Not bad at all," he said

"I've been trying to capture the feeling of surprise in those," she replied "It's for a co children's faces until I co that satisfies ain, one at a ti as he returned them

"Would you like to take a walk?" he asked "I believe I should play host, and show you around the area"

"That would be nice"

"The scenery from the hills is spectacular I expect you've discovered that for yourself I know of one spot in particular It was a lookout for pirates"

"Pirates!"

"Yes The Saracens-the Moors, I mean-scouted these waters Some of the defensive walls are still up, and so are the lookout posts" He brushed a lock of grey-flecked hair away from his forehead, and turned toward the hills "The howl, Mamma, Li Turki, would alert the people They would run into the hills to find refuge The Saracens mainly raided the coast for fresh water and food They stayed away from the hills" He pointed to a distant part of the landscape "The tunnels and shelters built at that tih them today Very solid They were reinforced with stone walls"