loor terrace through the quiet ac

were unlocked. He knew she had a habit

door open and

of moonlight. On the bed, he saw her curled into

ved c

weat covering her forehead. She murmured in her sleep, h

apped in a

strophobia, a wound left behind by the kidnapp

't simply

shadow over her. "Kathryne," he called sof

dark figure above her, she let out

put distance between them, her entire bo

low and steady

lly eased. In the dim moonlight, she finally recognized his

moothly. "I saw the light was still on

er thoughts were still blurred, and a co

oice firm. "You're catching a fever." He reached out

texture of his skin a strange comfort a

per rest," he decided. "I'm taking y

strength to sit up. Her body felt heavy, and her mind w

from a nearby chair, wrapped it around her shoulders, and then

ips, and her arms instinct

surrounding her with a sense of strength and security she had never experienced. It

rd muscle of his chest. She could he

the stairs as if s

ied her out the back, through the gar

a soft wool blanket from the console. He gave the

tching the silent man beside her. Her mind was a whirl o

, he lifted her f

The doors opened to a vast, minimalist living space, a

elevator that would take them to the upper level of the duple

. I can't take th

He had forgotten. He immedi

his voice softening. "

urned and headed for the

breathing remained even. Halfway up, however, the slight jostle of

stopped at once,