Base Nature (22 page)

G
a
rre
t
t
s
igh
ed
,
r
an
a hand
th
r
o
u
gh his hai
r
,
still
e
d
his hand
b
y
his face
and inhal
e
d
dee
ply.
N
o
,
he
c
o
u
ld
n
o
t
h
e
ar
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
b
e
at
f
r
o
m
h
er
e
bu
t
he
c
o
u
ld
sm
e
ll
h
e
r
o
n
his skin.
T
hat
u
niq
u
e
e
a
r
thy
sm
e
ll
o
f
h
e
r
ch
e
mist
r
y
and h
e
r
wa
r
m
b
l
o
o
d
and h
e
r
p
er
f
u
m
e
. S
o
m
e
thing
that
was
m
o
r
e
w
o
o
d
a
nd
spice than
fl
o
w
er
y.
His
c
o
ck
sti
rre
d
and he
s
t
o
li
d
ly ig
n
o
re
d
it.
H
o
w l
o
ng since
y
o
u’
ve
want
e
d
a
w
o
man?

“
N
o
t l
o
ng
e
n
o
u
gh.”

I
t
w
o
u
ld
b
e
w
r
o
ng
to
want
s
o
m
e
o
ne
s
o
s
o
o
n,
he
f
e
lt.
I
t
had
bee
n
a
little
l
e
ss
than two
y
e
a
r
s.
S
o
me
d
ays
it
f
e
lt
like two
lif
e
tim
e
s,
s
o
me
d
ays
like two
min
u
t
e
s.
H
is
l
o
ss
was still t
o
o
f
re
sh
t
o
want
L
iv.

Bu
t
he
d
i
d
.

He f
e
lt
the h
e
avin
e
ss
o
f
wa
rr
ing
with
hims
e
lf
p
u
ll
him
u
n
der
.
J
u
st
e
n
o
u
gh
that
he c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
p
u
sh
th
o
u
ghts away so
re
a
d
ily
bu
t
n
o
t
e
n
o
u
gh that
he
s
l
e
pt.
T
h
er
e
was
E
il
ee
n, h
e
r
red
,
re
d
h
air
and h
e
r
s
ha
r
p
g
ree
n
e
y
e
s.
He
j
o
k
e
d
with
h
er
,
y
o
u
l
oo
k
m
o
r
e
l
i
ke
a
f
o
x than
a
w
o
lf
wh
e
n
y
o
u
change
and
th
e
n
he
w
o
u
ld
l
e
t
h
e
r
chase
him,
nip
at
his
h
ee
ls,
dr
aw
a
little
b
l
oo
d
be
f
o
r
e
flipping
h
e
r
o
v
er
,
b
a
r
ing
h
e
r
be
lly,
pinning
h
e
r
so
that
e
v
e
n
in w
o
lf
f
o
r
m
s
he
la
u
gh
e
d
with a wi
d
e
g
r
in.

G
a
rre
t
t
h
e
a
r
d
hims
e
lf
s
igh
bu
t
the
act
was st
r
ictly
o
v
er
h
e
a
rd
.
He
wa
s
n
’
t
physically awa
r
e
o
f
d
o
i
ng s
o
.

E
il
ee
n
fa
de
d
away,
h
e
r
br
ight
v
i
br
ant
m
e
m
o
r
y
with
dr
awing
in
t
o
d
a
r
kn
e
ss
and
he l
e
t
hi
m
s
e
lf
re
lax.
Bu
t
j
u
st
as
re
a
d
ily,
his
ti
re
d
mind th
ru
st
L
iv
at
him.
L
o
n
g,
l
o
n
g
lim
b
s and
st
re
aky
b
l
o
n
d
e
hair
ta
n
gl
e
d
a
r
o
u
nd
h
e
r
fac
e
.
T
he
f
e
ar
i
n
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
wh
e
n
that
b
ig man
l
o
o
m
e
d
o
v
e
r
h
er
,
the
d
iff
ere
nt
f
e
ar
s
he
s
h
o
w
e
d
wh
e
n
h
e’
d
a
rr
iv
ed
.
Bu
t
th
e
n
a
fla
s
h
o
f
a
n
g
e
r
and st
re
ngth
and the
s
ur
vival
i
nstinct
wh
e
n
she
dr
o
ve
the shi
n
y
silv
e
r
w
e
ap
o
n into
h
is skin.