Ashina stood to her feet, walking to open the door.?
"Ashina.." Gonzalo began abruptly, struggling to his feet - standing on one. Taking a step towards her, and she shrank involuntarily, her hands clutching at the jacket he'd given her, her head lowered.?
Suddenly the atmosphere had a silent eloquence which deepened her sense of misery, making her even more aware that she would not see Gonzalo more frequently now that he was almost recovered - the brief weeks she had spent all day with him were over, were ending in a fashion that lanced her with pain.?
She would never be able to forget either her own hectic abandonment in his arms, or the shock of being wrenched out of it by the intrusion of a curious, prying stranger - criminal. ?
Gonzalo halted in mid - stride and stood the
