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"What's wrong?"

"There's a bad stor for the questions

"Snow?"

She still didn't look at hiot a roll of plastic"

Marc sun and duct tape" His unquestioning acceptance brought her eyes up and they stared at each other Both of theain He looked away before she could

"What sood?"

"Oh, so don't expect ela went back to cooking with a shts, but not blocking the?" He followed her slowly,his distance

"Yes Teach me some defensive moves today after lunch"

"Sure We'll start with the basics andI can use now"

He frowned at her insistent response "I know quick ways, but they're for Marines Not pretty," he warned

She shrugged, brushing a stray curl back behind her ear as she turned off the stove "Pretty doesn't ela frowned at the second warning, but didn't ask for details or change her mind as she handed him a plate and sat down on the far end of the couch "I will Let's eat"

Angela wrote in her journal the whole time, and then bundled up and slipped out the door without a word, leaving Marc to worry as he waved the wolf to follow Where was the carefree young girl who had insisted they build a clubhouse in the middle of a snow storm? Where was the innocent enchantress he had eased into woet her back? There had to be a way

When he stepped out, Marc was surprised by how ear she already had on the porch Obviously, she was serious about the stor on the rounded ass sticking fro else He carried her things inside instead

Co back for the last load, he noticed the terees in less than two hours That definitely wasn't norain, not that he'd really doubted Her gift had always been a part of their lives, one of the reasons histime with her, but it didn't bother him anymore now, than it had then It was useful, and he had little to hide Marc had often wondered what it would be like to see and feel everything the way she did, but he didn't envy her abilities because he knew the terrible price she paid for them