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She took another step And then she slowly reached out, leaning forward as she extended her ar to touch soe came

There were shadows in the rooan to flicker, to dance, following the movements of objects or people that could not possibly exist

One of the shadows moved from the wall…

It was there, the way it had been on the film So far, it hadn’t taken any for so as they hovered

He waited There’d be a face And the face wouldn’t be that of Rose Langley; it would be Sierra Monte’s

He blinked and the shadows seemed to darken, to cover the walls and the furniture and drip down them, like shadow blood

Kelsey took another step, and another, still reaching out

Suddenly, he was afraid for her He didn’t knohat he was seeing, and he certainly didn’t knohat she saw He didn’t want to wake her, but neither could he leave her as she was

He rose fro to touch her, to draw her back

She stepped forward, and he followed

Theythe face to appear…

But it didn’t Kelsey reached the shadow, and she was almost within it He slid an arm around her shoulders, determined not to let her know that darkness alone

No face appeared before hiain

HelpKelsey with hiht he heard a flutter of wings As he’d dreamed earlier, the shadow sees flapping as they disarticulated the shape they’d been, and disappeared

The rooan stayed next to Kelsey She looked confused, and her arhter, he realized Morning was coan to rise in the eastern sky

A shaft of bright light found its way to thean? Why are you standing there like that?" And then she see here like this?"

"What did you see?" he asked

"See where?"

"In the corner"

She turned again, still half-asleep and confused She seemed to wait for him to speak first, and then said, "That corner?"

"Kelsey, you were sleepwalking Or so at all?"

"No Logan, it’s so strange You know I’ve seen what I assu in here I’ve described it to you as precisely as I can remember But just now--" She broke off "I don’t re"

He looked at her anxiously, but her eyes were so lost, he didn’t want her worrying anymore

"Maybe it’ll come to you," he said casually "Anye can try for another hour or so of sleep"

She touched his cheek "Logan, I’m so sorry I woke you"

"I’m awake half the time on my own" With a broad smile, he swept out an arm "After you, Marshal"

"More sleep" She yawned "That’ll work for me"

She walked to the bed and crawled over to the far side He got in beside her, lying on his back, and she curled against hiht