EMILYI went straight to the consulate the next morning, determined, almost restless with urgency, and asked Janice to have Julian contact me. I made it very clear that it was important, desperately so but even then, as the hours dragged on, he did not come. By midnight, I had worn a path into the rug of my bedroom from pacing, my nerves stretched thin with waiting.Convinced he would come the way he had the night before, through the gardens, up onto the terrace, I finally stepped outside myself. The balcony doors stood open behind me as I moved into the thick, waiting darkness.The night was utterly black, starless and still, yet heavy with a cloying sweetness, fragrant and warm against my skin. I leaned against the smooth mahogany railing, straining my eyes, trying to see through the dense shadows that swallowed the gardens and the pool below.And then, without warning he was there.He swung over the railing and landed beside me as silently as a jungle cat.I didn’t even have time t
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