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"Over there, I guess," she said, pointing at the wall across from the sofa "We canthe stand and rearranging the furniture Doed the set in and after a little trial and error, had the VCR hooked up

"What made you buy a TV?"Tracy asked

"You cannot paint or read all day, every day," he replied with a shrug "I did not want you to get bored"

"Thank you"

"Is there anything else you want?"

"Cable would be niceOh, and a stereo"

"I will see what I can do"

"Too bad we don&039;t have any of my DVDs," she remarked

He smiled a sly smile,then left the room Moments later he returned with a cardboard box

"What&039;s that?"

"Yourthe box on the sofa beside her

"You never fail to a watching a DVD ofThe MummyDominic admitted he hadn&039;t watched et a kick out of watching this oneTracy had seen it several ti Oded Fehr Or Brendan Fraser, for that h the movie,Tracy went into the kitchen and came back with a bowl of popcorn and a can of root beer

Sitting down, she looked at hiaze"So am I"

Tracystared at him, her , only looked at her, his whole body still, waiting for her decision

She saw the need in his eyes and while the thought of letting him drink from her was instinctively abhorrent, on some deeper level, she wanted to take him in her arms and ease his pain

When he stood up, she reached for his hand "Where are you going?"

"Out"

"Didn&039;t you do that earlier?"

He nodded

Then why ?"

"Your nearness arouses ht"

And just like that, he was gone

Tracyblew out a sigh of exasperation Why should she feel so guilty because she didn&039;t want to let hiuilty wasn&039;t the worst of it Stronger than her guilt was the unexpected surge of jealousy that burned through her at the thought that heout to ease his physical desire with so it"

She slippedThe Mummy Returns into the DVD player, put on a fresh pot of coffee to keep her awake, but Do where he had gone Was he prowling the streets here, inMaine , or had he taken off for some distant land?

She stayed awake until she couldn&039;t keep her eyes open any longer; then, filled with resenthtening that night, filled with shadowed i her down unfamiliar paths She heard distant cries for help, never certain if they were her own or soh a hter filled the air and echoed off the sides of buildings She felt the hell-hot breath of her pursuer on the back of her neck Her breathing was labored as she ran across a wobbly wooden bridge, praying she would find refuge on the other side She screa her into a river that ran red with blood

She ith the sound of her own screaht

Tre, she wrapped her arms around her waist

In the distance, she heard the melancholy howl of a wolf The sound, filled with the loneliness of eternity, tugged at her heart and brought tears to her eyes

"Doray wolf ceased its restless pacing as the sound of Tracy&039;s voice drifted through theHe heard the fear and the loneliness in her soft laht up in a world she did not understand, had questions only he could answer He knew she was torn between loving hi they had never met Her life had been peaceful until he found her He could not fault her for wishing to return to that tio, not when he had just found her again But perhaps he could ease her pain, comfort her until the sun chased the o to her when a new scent was borne to hi his head, the wolf sniffed the air, hackles rising as the scent of danger filled his nostrils

After all these centuries, Kitana had found him