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he phrase popped out of her mouth almost before she understood it

"You seeive you one soon"

She didn't reive it to her She tried to tell him, tried to find the words "Noyou"

He laughed, a low, throaty sound that struck her as ic "Even a rake like me knows that's not proper I don't think so, Selena"

Rake Gardening She frowned, trying to understand "Confused," she whispered

"Shhh, it's okay" He touched her swollen jaw, his finger lingering for far too short a ti her puffy, discolored cheek "Soon you'll be able to tell us what you want and who you are"

But she knehat she wanted She'd known it from the moment she first heard his voice in the darkness She wanted Ian beside her, forever and always She tried to tell hiht coh!"

"Don't worry, Selena We'll get you fed and bathed and then we'll try again It'll all come back I promise"

She worked so hard to understand what he was saying She recognized one word pattern; over and over he said it to her It was part of the first word she rehtselena She concentrated with all her effort to force the single word up her throat "SSelena?"

"We've been calling you Selena Until you tell us your name, we have no other"

She was hopelessly confused He was talking so fast___

He touched his chest "Ian" Then he touched her, a breezing caress beneath her chin "Selena"

She understood He wanted to be called Ian And she was Selena