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         Adelaide watched everything with her lips pursed. She forced herself to think of other of things. She wondered who the man was. She focused on his scar. Her head was pounding, and she wanted very badly to scream out in pain, but she got the feeling that screaming out was not a solution or an option.

As much as she wanted to, she did not believe the man when he told her that she was safe now. That was what her lover had told her, and this was the closest to death she'd been since the day Jason and her were separated. "You're safe now." She tried to convince herself.