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Lyle did not stir Beneath the lids, his eyes moved as if he saw another landscape

Rafe shook him and then struck hied on Lyle’s ar, he tried to lift Lyle, but he was used to only the weight of bolts of cloth He settled for dragging hi down a car or call for help He pulled with both his hands, staining Lyle’s shirt and face with grass, and scratching his side on a fallen branch Rafe dropped his hand and bent over him in the quiet dark

"It’s too far," Rafe said "Far too far"

He stretched out beside Lyle, pillowing his friend’s head against his chest and resting on his own arer lay beside him, but the faery woman stood over the ht of the newly risen sun, she shone so brightly that Rafe had to shade his eyes with his hand She laughed and her laugh sounded like ice cracking on a frozen lake

"You cheated me," Rafe said "You made him sleep"

"He heard you in his drea"

Rafe stood and brushed off his pants, but his jaw clenched so tightly that his teeth hurt

"Come with me," the faery said "Join the dance You are only jealous that you were left behind Let that go You can be forever young and you can make beautiful costumes forevermore We will appreciate them as no mortal does and ill adore you"

Rafe inhaled the leaf-olden hair re at his jokes, his h to ask him about boyfriends even in the er so tightly that it striped his skin white and red "No," he told her

His ot up when Rafe ca? You are like a possessed man" She touched his hand and her skin felt so hot that he pulled back in surprise

"You’re freezing! You have been at his grave"

It was easier for Rafe to nod than explain

"There is a story about a wo and the spectre of her lover rose up and dragged her down into death with hi dragged into the dance, of Lyle sleeping like death

She sighed exaggeratedly andbeside him

That day he made a coat of silver silk, pleated at the hips and ele of thorny branches and lapels of dohite fur He kneas one of thethat for?" Mary asked when she caave her a tired smile "It’s supposed to be the payment a mortal tailor used to win back a lover from Faeryland"