Blood From a Stone (68 page)

W
ill
ow
s
t
a
rt
ed
t
o
t
e
l
l
h
i
m
t
hat
m
i
g
ht
be
a
g
ood
i
dea, but
S
asha cut
her
o
ff
.

“Why don
’
t
y
ou
j
ust
l
et
m
e
t
a
k
e
y
our
c
ar
and
y
ou
g
o
w
it
h
h
i
m
t
o
ha
v
e
so
m
e
co
ff
ee.
H
e
can
g
i
v
e
y
ou
a
rid
e
ho
m
e a
ft
e
r
.
G
i
v
e
m
e
y
our
k
e
y
s
and
I
’l
l
g
o
l
et
w
ha
t
s
-
h
i
s
-
na
m
e
out and
f
eed
h
i
m
.”
S
asha
g
r
abbed W
ill
o
w
’
s
k
e
y
s out
of her hand.
O
nce
a
g
a
i
n,
W
ill
ow
opened
her
m
ou
t
h
t
o
speak but
S
a
sha
put her
hand o
v
er
W
ill
o
w
’
s
m
ou
t
h.

“
Y
ou
can
j
ust
d
ri
v
e
her
ho
m
e
l
a
t
e
r
?”
S
asha
r
a
i
sed her b
r
o
w
s
at
S
a
m
son.

“
Y
eah, ac
t
ua
ll
y
t
hat
w
ou
l
d be n
i
ce,”
h
e
r
ep
li
ed.

A
nd
he
w
asn
’
t
l
y
i
n
g
.
T
oday he
’
d
g
o
tt
en
qu
it
e
a
b
i
t done,
i
nc
l
ud
i
ng
g
e
tti
ng a
d
ri
v
e
r’
s
li
cense,
fi
nd
i
ng
a p
l
ace
t
o s
t
ay and
r
en
ti
ng a
ca
r
.
I
n
t
he
past
coup
l
e
of
Aw
a
k
e
n
i
n
g
s, he
’
d so
m
ehow
t
au
g
ht
h
i
m
se
l
f
t
o
d
ri
v
e
and
g
o
tt
en a
li
cen
s
e
once be
f
o
r
e.
I
t
w
as
a
b
i
g
chan
g
e
fr
om
ri
d
i
ng
a
ho
r
se
or
d
ri
v
i
ng
a bu
g
gy
,
but
i
t
w
as
qu
it
e
a
r
ush…one
he
w
an
t
ed
t
o
en
j
oy a
g
a
i
n and
a
g
a
i
n.
H
e
’
d
had
t
o
be
an
i
nc
r
ed
i
b
l
y
f
ast
l
ea
r
n
e
r
i
n
m
ost
t
h
i
n
g
s
s
i
nce
t
he
w
o
rl
d
chan
g
ed
a
r
ound
h
i
m
so
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
,
and d
ri
v
i
ng
w
as
s
i
m
p
l
y
a pa
r
t
of
t
hat
necess
it
y
.
His heightened hearing, reflexes, speed and agility also proved to be more than a bit useful.

T
he
r
oads
w
e
r
e
m
uch
m
o
r
e
c
r
o
w
ded
and
d
an
g
e
r
ous,
i
nc
l
ud
i
ng
t
he
speeds
w
h
i
ch
peop
l
e
d
r
o
v
e
t
hese
hu
l
k
i
ng
c
r
a
ft
s of
m
e
t
al
do
w
n
t
he pa
v
ed h
i
g
h
w
a
y
s and b
y
w
a
y
s, but
i
t
w
as a
ri
sk
of
w
h
i
ch
he
sa
v
o
r
ed
e
v
e
r
y
m
o
m
en
t
.
A
nd
i
t
w
as
k
i
nd
of
li
k
e
ri
d
i
ng a
ho
r
se
or
b
i
k
e.
O
nce
y
ou
g
ot
it
,
y
ou
h
ad
i
t
f
o
r
e
v
e
r
.
J
ust
a
m
a
tt
er
of
l
ea
r
n
i
ng
new
con
tr
o
l
s
and s
t
ee
ri
n
g
.

H
e
o
ff
e
r
ed
W
ill
ow
h
i
s
e
l
bo
w
,
hop
i
ng he
l
oo
k
ed
g
e
n
tl
e
m
an
l
y
i
ns
t
ead
of
li
k
e
an
ou
t
-
o
f
-
s
t
y
l
e
i
d
i
ot
fr
om
ano
t
her

cen
t
u
r
y
…
which technically, he was
.
W
ill
o
w
’
s
f
ace
li
t
up
and he cou
l
d
t
e
l
l
she
li
k
ed
t
he
g
es
t
u
r
e.