The only sound had been someone moving very close by her door just at dawn. She didn’t hear the person arrive, but she heard them depart without knocking or trying the door. By the time she’d ventured from her room, she could feel the absolute stillness of the house. Which had sent her back for a quick change and a run.
She’d have invited Luke along, but she didn’t know which room was his. There was an idea in the back of her mind but she couldn’t seem to tease it out. If felt as if there was some way to recover the situation, but she couldn’t make it conscious. Maybe with Luke’s help… Except he was still asleep.
Usually a good workout helped her think, but her run had instead earned her nothing except jillions of marriage proposals.
Now she was trying to pump up the energy to do some s
