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“Coin”

Chapter Twenty-Three

For Savanah, the next few days passed like so out of a fairy tale She was the princess, and Rane was the wizard, the big bad wolf, and the handsohts cuddling on the sofa, swi bits and pieces of their pasts They went to bed just before dawn Sohts, overcorief, Savanah cried herself to sleep in Rane’s arms, only to wake late in the afternoon, alone Several times, she had been tempted to peek into Mara’s lair, but so far she had restrained her curiosity

While Rane rested, she passed the tiae life Sometimes it seemed as if they were the only two people on Earth; soht between torlds; sometimes it all seemed like some sort of fever dream from which she would eventually awake, and she would find her father waiting for her at home, a cup of coffee in his hand, a smile of welcoht of hie his death burned hot and bright within her, along with a knife-edged sense of guilt for spending her days and nights with Rane when she should be out hunting for her father’s killer

After ten days and nights in the cabin, Savanah thought she o stir-crazy if she had to spend one more day cooped up

She confronted Rane when he appeared the following evening “I have to get out of here I need to go out to dinner or ato feel like we’re the last two living souls on the planet”

Watching her pace the floor, Rane couldn’t help ”

She whirled around to face hiet”

He regarded her thoughtfully for a ht you had come to terms with that”

“I have”

“You just don’t like to be reminded?”

“Well, if you must know, it doesn’t thrill me”

“You’d rather I was uess I can’t blame you,” he replied, “since I’d rather you were Nosferatu”

Savanah stared at him, somewhat taken aback by what he had said It had never occurred to her that he wished she was anything but what she was Thinking about it now, it see Rane that her parents had been happy together even though they were nothing alike But the differences between herself and Rane were ion or politics or where to spend their vacation She was a mortal feeless and virtually iht She existed on food and water; he survived on the blood of others Could they ever really find any coround, other than the fierce physical attraction they shared? Could that be enough?

“Would you like to go into town?” he asked