Blood From a Stone (179 page)

“T
hrough
b
l
ood
of
t
hy
w
ill
,
t
he
c
l
ock
sha
l
l
s
t
and
s
till
.”
She’d once again merged souls with them both
as
t
hey
’
d sat
i
n
t
he res
t
aurant
j
ust
as she
’
d done at
W
ill
o
w
’
s
house
a
day
or
so  ear
li
er.

A
nd
she
w
as
s
til
l
m
arve
li
ng
at
t
he odd sensa
ti
ons
t
hat
bo
t
h had expe
ri
enced
f
or
t
hat
sp
li
t
second as she
’
d b
l
anke
t
ed
t
he
m
.
V
ery s
tr
ange
i
ndeed,
t
he
ch
ill
s
and
d
i
sor
i
en
t
a
ti
on
of
t
hese
hu
m
an
percep
ti
ons…but a
necessary,
i
f
not
bo
t
herso
m
e
exper
i
ence
she
had
t
o
endure
i
n
order
t
o
be
sure
t
hat
Sa
m
son
w
as
t
ru
l
y
on
t
he
e
d
ge
of
h
i
s des
ti
ny.

She
’
d
de
t
ec
t
ed
t
hat
Sa
m
son
had
p
l
anned
t
o  co
m
e here,
desp
it
e
h
i
s
des
i
re
t
o
be
w
it
h
t
he
hu
m
an
w
o
m
a
n
,
desp
it
e kno
w
i
ng
t
hat
t
he
w
o
m
an
l
oved
h
i
m
…and
kno
w
i
ng
f
u
l
l
we
l
l
t
hat
he
cou
l
d
l
ose
her
over
t
he
cho
i
ce
he
had
m
ade.
H
e
’
d s
t
ayed
t
he pa
t
h and
t
he ac
ti
ons
w
ere co
m
p
l
e
t
e.

N
o
w
,
t
here
w
as
on
l
y
one
m
ore
part
f
or
h
i
m
t
o
fi
gure out
and
he
w
ou
l
d
at
l
ast
be
f
ree.
She
w
as
about
t
o
sh
i
m
m
er ou
t
,
w
hen she
w
as s
t
ar
tl
ed by
a s
m
a
l
l
vo
i
ce.

“
H
i
.
A
r
e
y
ou one of
S
a
m
son
’
s
fri
ends?”
D
a
v
i
d as
k
ed.

A
d
ri
e
ll
e
w
as
s
t
unned
t
hat
t
he
littl
e
b
oy
cou
l
d
see
he
r
,
s
i
nce
she
hadn
’
t
pu
r
pose
l
y
m
ade
her
p
r
esence
k
no
w
n.
S
he
’
d nea
rl
y
f
o
r
g
o
tt
en
how
hu
m
an
ch
il
d
r
en
’
s
pe
r
cep
ti
ons
we
r
e
qu
it
e s
tr
ong  and
r
e
m
a
r
k
ab
l
e.
F
ar
m
o
r
e
so
t
han
t
he
adu
lt
s
w
ho see
m
ed
t
o
l
ose
t
he
i
r
capac
it
y
t
o
f
ee
l
….
t
o
l
o
v
e
and
t
o expe
r
i
ence as
t
he d
r
ud
g
e
r
y
of
lif
e
w
o
r
e
t
hem
do
w
n.

S
he
chose
t
o
speak
i
ns
t
ead
of
us
i
ng
t
e
l
epa
t
h
y
,
she ans
w
e
r
ed, “
Y
es”
v
e
r
y
so
ftl
y
.

D
a
v
i
d
’
s
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
.
“I
t
hou
g
ht
he
sa
i
d
he
w
asn
’
t
an an
g
e
l
.”

A
d
ri
e
ll
e  s
m
il
ed.  “We
ll
…not
qu
it
e 
y
e
t
…
b
ut
I
t
h
i
nk
t
hat
he soon
w
il
l
be.”

“W
il
l
I see
h
i
m a
g
a
i
n?
When
he
’
s
an
a
n
g
e
l
,
I
m
ean,”
D
a
v
i
d as
k
ed.

“
Y
ou
j
ust
m
i
g
h
t
,”
she
sa
i
d
so
ftl
y
.
“
N
o
w
I
m
ust
g
o.”
S
he
r
a
i
sed
a
fi
n
g
er
t
o
her
li
ps
and
m
ade
t
he
“shhh”
m
o
ti
on.
A
nd
D
a
v
i
d
cou
l
d
hear
her
v
o
i
ce
i
ns
i
de
h
i
s
head,
so
ot
h
i
ng
and
ca
l
m
as
she b
i
d h
i
m
f
a
r
e
w
e
ll
.