She looked at him. Eyes narrowed, lips pursed, head swaying from side to side with the motion of a clock's pendulum. Gathering time....

Josh. Caving. Don't speak. His lips burned into the side of her neck. She gasped. Her body, becoming increasingly limp. Hold me. He...

A single sentence, yet Lemara found herself re-reading the message, ensuring she hadn't missed anything. Looking up from the text to...