You and David keep walking and I stop to peer into the barred gate. The room stands empty now, but there will always be ghosts here for me. The cold i...on of the gate chills my hands as I stare into the darkened room. David turns back to look at me and calls out, "Alexus, are you coming?" He holds out his hand and smiles and I wipe my tears quickly and smile back."Yes Master, I'm right behind you...." The room you show us is beautiful and fully furnished. It is so like you to have thought of. It was then that I saw a blur of black hit the wall and fall to the floor.All I could think about was Vikki, as the one I'd brought to the ground began to attack me again. Somehow I managed to get on top of him, but only after copping a kick and something sharp near the area of my groin.As I knelt astride the thug and began raining blows to his face I felt another grab my arms, knee me in the back and pull me off the first one. Then try as I might from that point I could do nothing against. “I thought I crossed off that particular item last night, actually. Hey! ” she retorted, yelling in surprise when he wrapped his arms around her and flipped her over him onto her back. “What is it they say about Christmas time?” he asked, grinning down at her. “About lists and checking them twice?” Sarah laughed, rolled her eyes, and reached up to pull him in for a kiss. The feeling of his lips on hers never stopped sending that spark through her belly. She pulled him closer and he sighed. If he'd left Seattle headed for Santa Rosa, he had two choices, one was to take the coastal route along highway 101, or the inland route on I-5. He must have chosen the I-5 route to begin with, because we were only a few miles west of it now.We were on highway 96, the road that followed the Klamath river across the Klamath National Forest. It met up with highway 263 a few miles west, and from there it was either a couple of miles back north to hit a junction with I-5 or else just a dozen miles.