"Very good. Then I will take a walk and return to my cave. But I will return at daylight. Sleep as late as you like. I will be here when you want to go to breakfast."
"Thank you, Levi!" She leaned down to put a hand on his broad shoulder. "You've saved my life today."
He snorted, and his cheeks colored, but his smile stretched his cheeks like a child's. "I did no such thing. But I'm glad that you felt safe."
He patted her hand on his shoulder awkwardly, then Diane straightened and went inside.
With the warm light inside, the outside suddenly felt menacingly black. Diane tried to wash her face and arms before changing into the massive t-shirt she usually slept in. But when she peeled back the covers on the soft bed at the side of the room, her thigh itched and she grimaced.
She hated g
