Valo screamed something, but the world was as silent as a winter-cocoon. He woke. Panting for breath he sat up in bed. There was no one next to him to...be disturbed by the movement. His mate had her own room now, her own bed. When the children had asked why mum and dad needed separate rooms, Valo had explained that mum needed her sleep and dad moved around too much in his sleep. He knew that wasn’t the real reason. His mate resented him. Valo didn’t fault her for it. He too blamed himself for. Stuff like this only happens in dreams and Penthouse Forum letters and maybe, just maybe in some of her dreams. Very late night ones, ones she would never dare admit to anyone. She closed her eyes and inhaled, Celia’s scent was flowery, and then she whispered in her ear, “Like I said, Tiger, the jackpot!”She brought a hand briefly out of under the blanket and stroked her face, then without Rose seeing, gave a thumbs up to Anna, who was not sleeping, but grinning. When her hand came back under. " Oh," I frowned at that and felt bad inside. It was easy to forget I wasn't the only person who had ever lost anything."I didn't know them though," he shrugged."Well ... I knew mine," I said as we went up the stairs slowly. "I just don't like talking about it." What do you like?" Ronald asked me when we got to the top."School," I shrugged. "The bathroom's down there, end of the hall. The pills and needles in the medicine cabinet are mine. You're not like a junkie or anything, are you?" No," he. But now all of that meant nothing now. He was out of her life forever...---It was just another average day in the town Summersville. It waspeaceful, tranquil, cut off from the rest of the world. At least, thatwould be true if a certain parent was able to keep her son from flyingoff of the handle yet again. Sam, her son, was the elder of the two twinsby three minutes. He came out of the womb a brat, constantly tugging onhis sister's umbilical cord. He got his looks from her side of the family-.