“All right,” she admitted. “I lied. The Watch Man did tell me something while you were asleep.” She paused. “He said you were the devil.” She waited for Adam to laugh, or to grin, or to say he was flattered. She waited for his beautiful eyes to show a hint of surprise. She waited and waited and waited. He stood there for an eternity of seconds. Then finally, he said, “I’m not the devil.” “Then why did it take you so long to say that?” He looked at her for another impossibly long second. His hands had been warm but suddenly they were very cold. “I swear to you, I’m not the devil, but once upon
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