Within minutes they were driving along a snaking road through wooded slopes, the sun shining down upon them. Occasionally Daniel would speak to her as he held her hand, pointing out a building or farm, and Kris relaxed against him, content and happy, her head on his shoulder. Sometimes she would ...
Although the midsummer night had been pleasantly warm when first he had left his room, by the early hours of morning it had become bitterly cold. He had run from hotel to hotel at first, shouting at staff, asking if anyone had seen her. Most had looked at him as though he were a madman and in two...
Hayden tried to hunch himself up a little, not drawing himself to his full height, but even so he was a good six inches taller than the other man who he recognised as one of the employees he’d seen from time to time. The man scowled in irritation, eager to make his way to ...
For a few moments it felt as though the world was whirling around her and, unable to catch her breath, she staggered toward the sidewalk on the opposite side from the house where Orfeo lived and placed a hand on the wall to support herself. Only the solidity of that stone and plaster beneath her ...