“Sorry.” She crossed to give him a quick kiss. “I’m jumpy and, well scared if you want to know the truth,” she told him quietly. “The minute I close my eyes I think I hear someone creeping up on me, which is stupid, I know.”
“No, it isn’t. It’s perfectly normal given all that’s happened. I won’t let anyone get you, I promise.”
Sitting beside him, she leaned her head on his shoulder. “It wouldn’t seem so frightening if there were lights. The candles made it seem like, I don’t know.”
“Like something out of one of those gothic novels you read?”
“Yeah, probably. It turns everything into dark corners and spooky doorways. I can visualize something lurking in them, ready to pounce.”
Brian put his arm around her, whispering, “I vant to bite…”
She smacked her hand over his mouth. “Don’t you d
