Recovering the same road she'd driven over just the day before, Arabella quickly made her way across the Appalachians. It still wasn't lunch time when...she started down the long steep grade into Monterey.Arabella was relieved to find everything in Monterey calm and peaceful as she drove into the town. She parked beside the small central park, adorned with the statue of some forgotten local hero and had walked to the old bandstand that she used to play on, before she realized that the only people. She seemed to be much more open about flirting with him, and she had lost control with him a couple of times. He wondered what had started it. Probably the kiss. She had seemed to enjoy it as much as he had. With her new attitude toward him, she might be open to a little fun herself."And what about tomorrow?" he asked."What about it?" While Brit's in school and Dad's at work, that leaves only you, me, and Rachael." And?" Since you seem to have no problem watching Kari and me, I would think you. Paul Carter had gone off to college, all the way across the country to California. It was a million miles away from New England in every way. The way kids did things in the Bay Area was spontaneous, original, and often outrageous. His Yankee world view had collided with new-age-hippidom, and the results had been predictable. He had shed his alter-identity in a heartbeat – well, more like a semester – and had met the first of many California Girls. Somewhere along the way, all thought of Brooke. ”The howling was close now, and getting closer by the moment.“He’s right,” Treya said to the other woman, tugging at her wrist. “If we see a way to help, we will, but we shouldn’t be in the middle of it.”Sarette still looked reluctant, but she jogged to the hill with Treya.“Just you and me then, eh?” Boktar said, unslinging his warhammer from his belt. He pulled his helmet on, lowering the face guard, and Corec did the same.“Oh, I suspect Ellerie and the others are planning some surprises.”.