And ignoring them, she pinched the side of her left breast beneath her hand. It twinged, but nothing changed. Cursing to herself, she closed her eyes and willed herself awake. But when she looked again the young men stood where they had before, with the light cascading over their outlines from be...
A small wicker basket lay at her feet, and the green cloth inside prevented me from seeing whatever she carried in it. Her hands were behind her back as I greeted her, and the staunch timbre of her voice was a little more subdued than I recalled. “You have the look of the ...
