g. He held it by the tip,

your

al pressed against her sk

his voice low and dangerous. "But y

t it-the vibration of fear travelin

forward. H

rmured. "And.

wed. He rememb

was feeling for a pulse, for the calluses of

to break

buckle. She pitche

g over the cup of steaming tea. The hot

ralyzed, he w

ped. A microscopic reacti

on his legs. She pressed her thumb into

A sharp inta

fel

snarled, push

the tea with her sleeve, hid

t

hed into his pocket and pulled out a scrap of whit

en this befo

e of Alys's h

t blankly. She

ong time. The silence stret

in here," he

shook her head

ht," he said. "Your things are a

on a rug at the foo

ould hear his breathing.

leep. She knew he had

ed until

. She crawled toward the nightsta

it. That would t

rger she'd modified in the greenhouse. It looked like

is cable. She p

room doo

s f

l. Water dripped from his hair onto h

nightstand-The Art of War. She

t her, then

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d his wet hair, sending a spr

on the carp

t int

er heart thumping aga

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