R
y
k
e
r st
e
ere
d
h
e
r tow
a
r
d
the b
e
d
r
oom.
W
h
e
n
s
h
e w
a
lk
e
d
in,
she
rea
li
z
e
d
h
e’
d
b
ee
n
bu
s
y while
she
h
a
d
b
e
e
n
s
n
ooping in
his
o
ff
i
c
e
. Th
er
e
w
e
r
e
r
o
p
e
s
on
the
b
e
dposts
with
c
u
ff
s
a
t
o
ne
e
nd
of
the
r
o
p
e
s. He
d
r
opp
e
d t
h
e
b
r
a
hold
i
ng
h
e
r
h
a
nds
c
a
ptiv
e
.
“
S
it on the
e
dge
of
the
b
e
d.”
S
he
c
ompli
e
d
without
thinking
a
bout
it.
He k
n
e
lt
down
a
nd
unti
e
d h
e
r
sho
e
s,
th
e
n pull
e
d th
e
m o
ff
. Th
e
n
he
stood up
a
nd h
a
d
h
e
r
st
a
nd
a
s
w
e
ll.
He nipp
e
d
a
t
h
e
r
c
hin
with
his
t
ee
th,
th
e
n
k
iss
e
d
it
a
s
his
h
a
nds slid
h
e
r
j
ea
ns
down
h
e
r
l
e
g
s.
H
e
h
a
d
h
e
r
st
e
p
out
of
eac
h
l
e
g with
his h
e
lp.
W
ith
a nudge of
his
f
oot,
both
j
ea
ns
a
nd
b
r
a slid
tow
ar
d
the middle
of
the
r
oom, out of
the
w
a
y
.
“
C
limb
up
on
the
b
e
d
a
nd
lie
down
on
y
our
b
a
c
k.”
He
w
a
t
c
h
e
d h
e
r
c
los
e
l
y
a
s
she
did
a
s
he
s
a
id
a
nd
l
a
y on
h
e
r
b
ac
k
in
the
middle
o
f the
b
e
d.
One
b
y on
e
,
he
s
ec
u
r
e
d
h
e
r
w
r
ists
a
nd
a
nkl
e
s,
m
a
king
s
u
r
e
th
e
r
e w
a
s
pl
e
n
t
y of
r
oom
b
e
t
w
ee
n
h
e
r
skin
a
nd
the
c
u
f
f
s.
Ev
e
n
thou
g
h
s
h
e kn
e
w
th
e
y would
hold,
Pe
y
ton
c
ouldn
’
t
h
e
lp
t
e
sting
th
e
m.
No
m
a
tt
e
r how mu
c
h
she pull
e
d
or mov
e
d,
the
r
op
e
s
h
e
ld.
F
in
a
l
l
y
,
a th
r
ea
d
of p
a
nic
b
e
g
a
n
w
ea
vi
n
g in
t
o
h
e
r
thou
g
hts.
A
d
re
n
a
l
i
ne
pump
e
d
th
r
o
u
g
h h
e
r
blood th
a
t m
a
y
be
she
mi
g
ht h
a
ve
m
a
d
e
a
mist
a
ke
t
r
usting
him.
Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
“
B
r
ea
the
d
ee
p,
P
e
y
ton.
You
’r
e
h
y
p
er
v
e
ntil
a
tin
g
.
Nothing
b
a
d
is
g
oi
n
g
to
h
a
pp
e
n
to
y
ou.”
His
voi
c
e
ca
me
b
y h
e
r
l
ef
t
ear
.
S
he
t
r
i
e
d
to tu
r
n h
e
r
h
e
a
d to s
e
e
him,
on
l
y
to h
a
ve
a
c
loth
c
o
v
e
r
h
e
r
vision.
“
No. Don
’
t do th
a
t,”
s
h
e
cr
o
a
k
e
d out.
“
Y
e
s.
I
t
will
int
e
nsi
f
y the
fee
li
n
g
s
so
mu
c
h
mo
re
.
C
on
ce
nt
ra
te
on wh
a
t
y
ou
h
ea
r
,
f
e
e
l,
a
nd
sm
e
ll.”
“
W
h
a
t
ar
e
y
ou
g
oi
n
g
to
d
o
?
”
she
f
in
a
l
l
y
a
sk
e
d.
“
I
’
m
g
oi
n
g to
g
ive
y
ou
pl
ea
su
r
e
like
y
o
u
’
ve
n
e
v
e
r
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
ced
b
ef
o
re
,
”
he
s
a
id.