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"I ake, anyway It does feel as if…as if there’s soan slipped an arm around her shoulders "If so, we’re not the ones they want to talk to"

"Good night," Kelsey told Tyler, but she paused "Make sure you leave Allison’s door open And your own"

He san and Kelsey went to bed, and Tyler did the sa his door half-open

If anyone ht sleeper

If anyone made a move toward Allison in any way, he’d know it

Corinned, thinking about their ghost He would’ve been impatient with Julian’s lack of responsibility in life, but he would have liked him

Julian had been intense when he’d spoken with Tyler at Allison’s house, while she was packing He’d charged hi, you know? There’s no one like her She has a great sense of hu And she’s so smart and beautiful and…you have to watch her every step, okay? We can’t let anything happen to her"

"We won’t," Tyler had assured him

"Man, I was into her," Julian said sadly "But she wanted…well, so I wasn’t I couldn’t help her or be there for her when I was alive, but no, I’otta be you You understand?"

"We kno to protect people," Tyler had said

"Fros that ot to be wary--every second Every single second"

And then the phone call had come

Dixon had woken up and spoken one word

Allison

Tyler groaned, tossing in bed again He had to sleep or he’d be no good to anyone toiant black horse, rearing and snorting in the yard, carrying a beautiful young woman Lucy Tarleton

In his dreams, Lucy’s face was Allison’s

When Allison awoke, she heard the others downstairs in the entry

She felt good; she’d slept extremely well

When she went to bed, she’d been afraid she’d be plagued by dreahost sitting in the room

But she’d felt safe Ridiculously safe Tyler was across the hall, and there were five other agents in the house

Until this was over, she knew darned well she wasn’t leaving

She hurried down the servants’ stairs, delighted to find that the bath was e, she came out to join the others Kat wasn’t there, nor was Jane But Kelsey, Logan, Sean and Tyler were together

They were gathered around the bank of screens Sean had set up

When she arrived, they turned, al back at theht of undisturbed sleep began to evaporate

"What?" she repeated

"You need to see this," Tyler said

She walked over to the screens, which showed six views of the house One camera was in the upstairs hallway, one in the attic One showed Angus Tarleton’s study and another showed a view of the salon The fifth displayed the front of the house

The last camera was set to roup on the screen as they all watched the co back"

There was a tiin at the top of each screen Allison saw the hours roll back She noticed soht, and then Sean slowed down the reverse, stopped and moved it forward

She saw Tyler come out of his rooe, as well They could be seen on the various screens as they cah the house, walked back up the stairs and

"You woke up and checked out the house That’s a good thing," she murure began to appear It was that of a woht-light that ain, she ather substance

She us Tarleton’s study, and she paused there Sean pushed a key on his computer board and they saw a close-up of the woasped aloud--if she hadn’t felt that she was choking

The woowned in a Colonial-era dress; her stomacher was blue hite eohite Her hair, a soft broas tied back but curling tendrils escaped to frame her face