Blood From a Stone (262 page)
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Authors: Cynthia Lucas
W
ill
ow
snu
gg
l
ed
i
n
c
l
ose
t
o
h
i
s
bod
y
.
“
H
ow
w
il
l
w
e
k
no
w
?”
“We
w
on
’
t
f
or
su
r
e, un
ti
l
t
he
f
u
l
l
m
o
o
n co
m
es
a
g
a
i
n.”
S
he nodded. “I
s
til
l
w
ant
t
o
g
et
so
m
e
b
l
ood sa
m
p
l
es.”
“I
k
no
w
.
T
o
m
o
rr
o
w
,”
H
e
sa
i
d
qu
i
e
tl
y
as
he
k
i
ssed
t
he
t
op
of
her
head.
“
N
o
w
,
how
about
i
f
w
e
g
et
a
p
i
zz
a
and
fi
nd
a
m
o
v
i
e?”
“
T
hat
sounds
w
onde
rf
u
l
,”
she
sa
i
d
l
ea
n
i
ng
i
n
t
o
h
i
m
.
S
he
sat
up
sudden
l
y
as
she
f
e
l
t
a
sh
i
v
er
r
unn
i
ng
up
h
i
s
body and
no
ti
ced
t
hat
he
w
as
d
r
enched
i
n
s
w
ea
t
.
S
he
r
ea
c
hed
up and
f
e
l
t
h
i
s
head.
H
e
w
as
co
l
d
and
l
oo
k
ed pa
l
e.
“
A
r
e
y
ou a
l
ri
g
h
t
?”
H
e
l
eaned
h
i
s
head
back a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
pi
ll
o
w
s
on
t
he couch.
“
Y
eah.
T
h
i
s
happens
e
v
e
r
y
ti
m
e
I heal
so
m
eo
n
e.
I
t usua
ll
y
passes
i
n a
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es. I
g
et
r
ea
ll
y
co
l
d and
w
ea
k
.”
H
e
g
ot
up
and
padded
t
o
t
he
ba
t
h
r
oo
m
.
“
I
’
m
g
o
i
ng
t
o sp
l
ash so
m
e
w
a
t
er
on
m
y
f
ace,
i
f
y
ou
’l
l
o
r
de
r
.”
S
he nodded, but
s
til
l
l
oo
k
ed
w
o
r
ri
ed.
A
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es
l
a
t
er
he
ca
m
e
back
fr
om he
ba
t
h
r
oom
l
oo
k
i
ng
li
k
e
no
t
h
i
ng had
happened.
T
he
i
r
p
i
zz
a a
rr
i
v
ed sho
r
t
l
y
t
he
r
ea
ft
er
and
t
hey se
ttl
ed
i
n
f
or
a
co
z
y n
i
g
ht
i
n
fr
ont
of
t
he
t
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on.
C
H
AP
T
E
R
T
W
EN
T
Y
-SE
V
E
N
I
t
w
as
day
t
w
en
t
y
-
e
i
g
h
t
.
T
he
sun
pee
k
ed
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he b
li
nds
of
W
ill
o
w
’
s bed
r
oom
w
i
ndo
w
,
and
S
a
m
son
w
o
k
e
up
f
ee
li
ng an
o
l
d
f
a
m
ili
ar
sensa
ti
on
i
n h
i
s
bones
t
hat
b
r
ou
g
ht
a sen
s
e of
d
r
ead
li
k
e
none
he
’
d
e
v
er
k
no
w
n.
T
he
ch
il
l
w
as
s
t
a
rti
n
g
…
o
n
l
y h
i
s ch
il
l
w
asn
’
t
li
k
e
t
he
one
he
f
e
l
t
w
hen
he
hea
l
ed s
o
m
eone.
T
h
i
s
w
as
d
iff
e
r
ent
and
he
i
ns
t
an
tl
y
r
eco
g
n
i
z
ed
t
he
f
ee
l
i
n
g
.
I
t a
l
w
a
y
s
be
g
an
as
a
co
l
d
s
w
eat
and
a
m
il
d
s
l
u
gg
i
shne
s
s
i
n h
i
s
m
usc
l
es
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
s
l
o
w
l
y
g
r
ow
o
v
er
t
he
cou
r
se
of
t
he
da
y
,
m
a
k
i
ng
h
i
s
hea
r
t
beat
li
k
e
a
hea
v
y p
i
ece
of
l
ead
and
h
i
s
l
un
g
s s
tr
a
i
n
w
it
h
e
v
e
r
y b
r
ea
t
h
as
he
s
tr
u
gg
l
ed
t
o
k
eep
g
oi
n
g
,
and
fi
na
ll
y cu
l
m
i
na
ti
ng
i
n
a
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
shu
tti
ng do
w
n
of
h
i
s
bod
y
, h
i
s
o
r
g
ans
and
h
i
s
senses
as
he
t
u
r
ned
i
n
t
o
a
so
li
d
b
l
ock of s
t
one.
H
e
had
g
i
v
en
W
ill
ow
b
l
ood
sa
m
p
l
es
o
v
er
a
w
eek a
g
o, and
t
hou
g
h
she
had
t
es
t
ed
f
or
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng under
t
he
sun
and
l
oo
k
ed
f
or
any
poss
i
b
l
e
abno
r
m
a
lit
y
,
no
t
h
i
ng sho
w
ed
up.
H
i
s b
l
ood
r
ead
i
n
g
s
w
e
r
e co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
no
r
m
a
l
.
T
he
y
’
d
sha
r
ed
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng of
a no
r
m
al
e
x
i
s
t
ence o
v
er
t
he
past
se
v
e
r
al
da
y
s
as
t
hey coo
k
ed
an
ea
rl
y d
i
nn
e
r
e
v
e
r
y day be
f
o
r
e
she
l
e
f
t
f
or
w
o
r
k
, and
w
a
t
ched a
l
a
t
e n
i
g
ht
m
o
v
i
e
w
hen she
’
d
g
et
ho
m
e
a
r
ound
11
:
30p
m
.
T
he
y
’
d
sa
v
o
r
ed
l
ong n
i
g
h
t
s
w
r
apped
i
n
t
he
heat
of
t
he
i
r pass
i
on and
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h of each o
t
he
r’
s
a
r
m
s.
T
he
y
’
d
t
ouched
each o
t
he
r’
s sou
l
s, sha
r
ed so
m
e
g
ood
l
au
g
hs
w
it
h
S
asha and
w
a
t
ched
v
i
deos
of
t
he
i
r
tri
p.
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e
’
d
hoped be
y
ond hope
t
hat
h
i
s
r
ea
li
z
a
ti
on about
m
a
k
i
ng
h
i
s
ti
m
e
on
ea
rt
h
tr
u
l
y
m
a
tt
er
m
i
g
ht
be
t
he
a
n
s
w
er he
’
d
been
sea
r
ch
i
ng
f
or
i
n b
r
ea
k
i
ng
t
he
cu
r
se, but
i
n
t
h
i
s
m
o
m
en
t
, he
k
new
t
hat
i
t
w
as
not
t
o be.
A
nd
he
k
new
he
’
d
be
tt
er
g
et
h
i
s
ass
m
o
v
i
ng
t
o
g
et
a
f
ew
t
h
i
n
g
s
done
b
e
f
o
r
e
h
i
s
ti
m
e
r
an
out
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it
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