Blood From a Stone (270 page)

H
e pu
ll
ed her
body
i
n
t
o h
i
s
and
k
i
ssed
her
li
ps.

“
T
hose
w
o
r
ds
fr
om
y
our
d
r
eam
w
e
r
e
i
ns
i
de
m
y
head
to
o.
I
hea
r
d
t
hem
ri
g
ht
a
ft
er
I
r
ea
li
z
ed
t
hat
I
w
as
fr
ee.”

“
S
o,
does
t
h
i
s
m
ean
t
hat
I
can
da
r
e
t
o
hope
t
hat
y
ou
’r
e not
l
ea
v
i
ng
m
e?”

“My
l
ad
y
…I
am
ne
v
er
l
ea
v
i
ng
y
ou.
N
ot
as
l
ong
as
I
ha
v
e a b
r
ea
t
h
l
e
f
t
i
n
m
y
bod
y
.”

A
sudden
ch
il
l
fill
ed
t
he
a
i
r
and
w
it
h
out
w
a
r
n
i
ng
A
d
ri
e
ll
e and Max
i
m
us
w
e
r
e s
t
and
i
ng
i
n
t
he co
r
ne
r
.

“
S
o,
t
hen
I see
y
ou
ha
v
e
fi
g
u
r
ed
out
the
r
h
y
m
e,”
A
d
ri
e
ll
e
s
m
il
ed.
“
Y
ou
a
r
e
a
m
an
once
m
o
r
e,
w
ho
sha
l
l
w
a
l
k
t
he
ea
rt
h
w
it
h
hu
m
an
f
eet
and
w
ho
sha
l
l
l
o
v
e
w
it
h
t
he
hea
r
t
of a
G
ua
r
d
i
an.”

Max
i
m
us
nodded.
“
A
nd
w
it
h
t
hat
i
n
m
i
nd, pe
r
haps
w
e can now
speak
of
h
i
s
A
scens
i
on.
Y
ou
k
now
t
he
r
u
l
es.”

“Max
i
m
us,
r
e
m
e
m
ber
how
w
e
ha
v
e
a
l
w
a
y
s
f
e
l
t
about one
ano
t
he
r
….how
w
ou
l
d
y
ou
f
eel
had
so
m
eone
t
a
k
en
m
e
fr
om
y
ou?
S
o
m
e
ti
m
es
r
u
l
es
a
r
e
m
eant
t
o  be
b
r
o
k
en.”
S
he
t
u
r
ned
back
t
o
S
a
m
son.
“
E
n
j
oy
t
he
lif
e
y
ou
c
r
ea
t
e
f
or
y
ou
r
se
l
f he
r
e and no
w
.”

S
a
m
son
’
s
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
.
“Wa
it
.
I
w
ant
t
o
k
now
w
hat
he
m
eant
by
t
h
i
s
A
scens
i
on.
I
k
now
y
ou
t
o
l
d
t
he
littl
e boy
t
hat
I
w
ou
l
d be one of
y
ou soon. What
does
i
t
m
ean?”

S
he
s
m
il
ed
as
she
con
ti
nued.
“
A
h,
but
t
h
i
nk about
it
! We
r
e
y
ou
not
a
lr
eady a
G
ua
r
d
i
an?
F
or
g
a
r
g
o
y
l
es
w
a
t
c
h
o
v
er
m
an,
fr
om
t
he
pe
r
ches
w
he
r
e
t
hey
s
it
,
s
t
one
co
l
d
a
n
d
t
w
i
s
t
ed
i
n
t
he
i
r
v
i
sa
g
e,
j
ust
as
A
n
g
e
l
s
w
a
t
ch o
v
er
m
an
fr
om
t
he
i
r
p
l
ace
i
n
t
he
e
t
he
r
eal
r
ea
l
m
.
A
s
y
ou
now
k
no
w
,
y
our
cu
r
se
s
i
m
p
l
y
t
ook
t
he
f
o
r
m
of
w
hat
l
ay
i
n
y
our
hea
r
t
at
t
he
ti
m
e
t
he
spe
l
l
w
as
cas
t
. 
S
o
m
e
ti
m
es
t
he
w
o
r
st
of
c
ir
cu
m
s
t
ances
a
r
e 
t
he ca
t
a
l
y
st
f
or
b
ri
n
g
i
ng out
t
he
best
i
n
us,
and
on
l
y
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
hat
l
esson
do
w
e
beco
m
e
a
l
l
w
e
can
be
and
d
i
s
co
v
er
w
ho
w
e
r
ea
ll
y a
r
e
i
ns
i
de.
Who
w
e
w
e
r
e
a
l
l
a
l
on
g
….but
pe
r
h
a
ps
d
i
dn
’
t
k
now
it
.”