11. Breaking Free
Amy returned us to the cottage and headed straight to the bedroom. She felt the need for rest, not only physically, but emotionally, mentally and spiritually as well. She wanted to be in peak condition when she sought out a mortal exorcist to aid her.
Why don’t you ask Danny to help? I pleaded with her. He’d then know why I’ve been behaving so callously over these long months. He’d do anything for me, you know that, don’t you?
“What sort of a fool do you think I am?” Amy whispered. “I know which of us he’d evict, and it wouldn’t be you. As soon as I identified myself to him my life would be forfeit.”
I hadn’t seen Danny, though I knew he was home at the cottage, probably in the library. I could smell him, and his scent stirred something within me. As Amy drifted off t
