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He wondered if, night after night, she repeated that sa out of the house, heading over to the stables to get Firewalker and take off into the night, carrying her infore

There had been no other activity

He felt a touch on his shoulder "Give it a rest," Logan said "Start over in the uards around Get soan huskily

Allison was already upstairs in Lucy’s roo for him

"Should I be here?" she asked

Tyler felt the day’s tension, his own self-reproach, fall away as if he’d shed an irritating coat She had that effect on hiet; she rateful you are," he said, "and there’s nowhere else I think you should be"

He stripped off his clothing and lay down beside her He touched her hair softly, looking into the deep blue of her eyes, getting lost in the of a rock star, huh?"

"It was a while ago now," she said

"What was he like?"

"Good guy, nice guy, but for the longest ti with me He’d plan to pick me up and wouldn’t show At that point I knew about the alcohol but not about the drugs Later on, I went to a few Narcotics Anonys And I knew he cared about e the addictions I ended the relationship I don’t knohat he’s doing now I pray he’s alive"

He stroked her hair "It’s a terrible thing, addiction," he told her, drawing her close

She lay against him for a minute in silence, a silence that see her closer he kissed the top of her head

She stirred, and he kissed her again He felt her naked body slide against his, and her slightest touch was instant arousal

He loved the fact that she could o away And that she could so easily return to it He found hi if she’d ever leave her beloved Philadelphia Virginia wasn’t that far, but…

He forgot the past and future as they ether

In the ht, he felt her move He woke as she slipped out from the covers and stood there for a h the drapes

She walked away fro her; she wasn’t awake, he thought She wasn’t aware of hih the night stark naked She didn’t She went to the foot of the bed and pulled on her robe, although she didn’t bother with slippers She hurried across the roo that he could see She bent to pick up soainst her body She paused, head bent, as if she was praying, and then hurried to the door

He grabbed his own robe, throwing it on Allison opened the door and eased through In the hallway she paused again, as if listening for others in the household

She walked carefully down the stairs and went to stand in the entrance to the study, looking into the darkened room Then she ran down the hallway to the back door The alar to stop to put in the code

He realized that to Allison, at that h the memory of another wo in the alarm code just in tiht

Sheto someone as invisible to him

A second later she stepped back, tears in her eyes

Tyler felt as if a rush of wind swept by hiround