Chapter 6
A Cotton Cage With Golden Bars
The sun was just below the horizon when daylight woke Talon from sleep. The room was still not well lit from the little window, but he could see to get dressed. He had not slept well. The night had been full of dreams. Now he lay and tried to remember them.
All he could recall was that they were of the clothes and mostly of Lacey. She was a very real problem. He had to find a way around the feelings that were beginning to eat at him. The truth was that she was beautiful. It was her hair that kept him from sleep he realized. Admit it or not, it was something to see. It made him want to run his hands through it, like spun gold. He realized that she used it to her advantage even in his dreams.
She was becoming a little like alcohol. A very small am
