f the deep dark abyss of dreamless sleep. The gentle touch reminded her of a balmy

flew open. Noah sat on the edge of the bed , staring down at her with silver-gray eyes - eyes t

and kissed her forehead. When he did , hi

come with the urge to scream at him. She wante

ppress the joy in her heart. After months of being without him

n and loneliness that had been a fixture in h

ave your people

d you not to come back

t him through

"They would have killed you i

you talk

ou. Why didn't you listen to me? I told you

n more dangerous that having a pack of Si

he whi

don't you? Don't you think that sending t

head. "They w

... so now what

t yet. He'd let his people terrorize her. How could she overlook that? Espec

ile. "Well if you promise not to run

joking

ot," he

hook he

m free of these chains, I'm going to find a way to Howli

if he had pushed her far enough to do just as she'd said.The

e beautiful whe

!" Eliza's s

but Eliza ... I can't let you go

know you were okay , and now you think you can order me around like I'm one of your pack

t way. Contacting you would have

eling , but most of all , she didn't want to admit that she'd been clinging

ing to let me

promise not to g

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s as to why I don't want you

I'll somehow stop the

hook h

d. "Okay ..

ll with the corpse sickness

"You have to let me go

y corpse sickness. It was believed that witches could afflict someone with an illness by usin

ea, but after spending last summer on the Navajo reser

fro

o do. Can't you see that? They have done ever

or. Had he really lured h

Eliza had never sensed that kind of darkness in Trevor , but he could have been used unwittingly.

, she couldn't let them lock away her frie

the only family I have left , and they have Trevor lo

se you willingly walk into their trap , doesn't