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Deep in ulfed in his heat and essence I wanted all the beautiful and sensual sensations he evoked to chase away the terror and the shattered feelings

Burrowing under the throw, I tried to clear hly alert to all the sounds around h I believed the threat had faded for noith Vale in a hospital and Amano practically at my doorstep

It wasn’t so much the shadows and the unknown that tauntedhih

But I refused to turn on e on my convictions

We were done Through End of the tragic love story

That’s when the really awful, body-wracking sobs came

And didn’t subside …

I didn’t check the next day to see if Amano kept his watch on me Or the next

I didn’t have to, because he rapped on my door a couple of times to let me know he had Dane’s physician with him No doubt someone from the private facility where Vale recovered Someone who stuck to patient confidentiality and didn’t call the police over this sort of thing

For a price

Both tio away

For the most part, I remained curled on the sofa, huddled under the blanket So the patio doors Occasionally,the lock, throwing one of the doors open, and shooting me

Trying to convincemelodramatic was futile An hour or so would pass and I’d stare at the curtains again, pondering what ht lie in wait for me beyond them

Was it really such an easy conclusion to this entire clusterfuck of a situation that Vale had lost the game and that was that? Had Dane really won the war … or just one horrifying battle?

I didn’t want to think about hiet him off my mind and wanted desperately for hi ain