I searched the darkness.
"I'm over here."
I spun to see Rafe on the edge of the clearing. He stepped back, hands raised.
"That was a warning, so I wouldn't spook you." A wry smile. "Not much chance of that, I suppose, finding me outside your house at two in the morning."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm stalking you, as bad as it looks. I wasn't going near your house. I just…I couldn't sleep, and I thought maybe you couldn't either, so I walked over, in case you came out."
"That's quite a hike.
"I'm over here."
I spun to see Rafe on the edge of the clearing. He stepped back, hands raised.
"That was a warning, so I wouldn't spook you." A wry smile. "Not much chance of that, I suppose, finding me outside your house at two in the morning."
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm stalking you, as bad as it looks. I wasn't going near your house. I just…I couldn't sleep, and I thought maybe you couldn't either, so I walked over, in case you came out."
"That's quite a hike.
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