"How about that one?" I asked. It wasmade up of continuous daisy-like flower segments in a teal-coloredleather, each about an inch and a half in diame...er, with bright silverflower centers about the size of nickels."Oh, that's a really nice belt, but it's not exactly what I had inmind," she said, "but it would sure contrast wouldn't it?" So shepulled the belt off the display and looped it around my waist. "Wow! Ilike it a lot. Are you sure you're good with the teal?" If it's only an accessory. With a relieved grin, Kiya hefted her bow and slipped out of the protective embrace of the serethorn bushes, recovering her pack from another bush a few steps away. Mithiyal followed, slinging his own bow and quiver over his shoulder before grabbing his bag. They started out onto the plain, noticing with amusement the instant freezing of the diminutive figures coming towards them. The invasion had made timid rabbits out of even the most notoriously hardy creatures.At the exact center of the. “Maybe. You were being less of a dick than usual, which I appreciated. It was the first time you said something halfway decent to me. And you were so angry for me. On my behalf.” I looked down at my pruned fingers. “You also forget I’m used to macho men who don’t really express their feelings. My dad is a good example of that.” I looked back at him and my heart thumped heavily at the expression I saw on his face, at how he restrained himself from holding me, likely thinking I’d shatter into a. I wanted to punish her but I also wanted to beg her to come back. I couldn’t know I was gonna get my chance.Friday night my phone rang at 2:17 am. I answered immediately without checking the number. I was afraid it was Jade and something had happened. She was sleeping over at her friends house.“Hello?”“John?” Alice said, sounding very shaken.“Alice? Alice what’s wrong?”“Can you come get me? I am walking on that road between mains creek and state line and I am scared.”I knew exactly where she.