Ryker woke before sunrise. For a long moment, he lay still, listening to the hush that holds a mountain just before dawn. His dreams were still with him, warm and insistent, like a hand on his chest. Jenna’s laugh. Her hair caught in a summer wind. Her smile stole his breath away, tears held their ground, just behind lids, that blinked away the pain. The smell of rain in the air and the taste of a promise he had once believed he would never break.He sat up, brushing a hand over his face, as if trying to calm a storm. The window was a darker square in his bedroom, and beyond it the tree line waited, shadows against a still dark sky. Demon stirred inside him, a low rumble of approval for the waking world and for the woman who had danced in their sleep all night. *You called for her,* Demon said, voice like embers. *Your dreams answered.*Ryker stood and dressed without turning on the lights. Habit, learned in harder years. Shirt, jogging pants, jacket, running shoes. He moved through
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