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“What’s up, Papadum? Can’t sleep either?”

The dog nudged her thigh with his nose, then dashed down the hall to where his leash was hanging by the front door

Bree followed him “Oh Call of nature?”

She cast a look over her shoulder in the direction of the guest bedroo He kneould wake up easily, and it wasn’t his hting the sky

She hesitated only briefly Rylan would tell her not to go without him, but how much har couldn’t wait for his co Rylan for a five-round on Second Street Since she was already awake, there was only one sensible solution

After pulling on her padded coat and sheepskin boots, she stuffed doggie waste bags into her pockets Papadu with excitement, or possibly desperation, as she attached his leash Bree barely had to tih the door

She savored the silence as she walked fro Second Street This was a tiht to behold The pink, purple and orange hues ofdripped from the sky and onto the dark shapes of thefor her paintbrushes

Once Papadum had taken care of business, and Bree had cleaned up after hied through the grass, nose down, chasing different scents like an oversized round When the coldin her hands and feet, even Papadu the dog that he needed to accoether with th

As she neared the Diaallery Hoould she approach today? She couldn’t just shrug off what had happened at the show, but howopenly about the stalker the right way to deal with the situation? Rylan was probably the best person to answer that question

A sound close by made her heartbeat quicken, and the sensation annoyed her This hat he had done to her The stalker’s threats had made her nervous to be around other people When she realized that so her from behind, her self-preservation instincts kicked in a fraction too late

Bree swung around at the sarowled The man, as inches behind thehly by one arled to break free of his hold, Papaduht onto the attacker