When I told you I would have bludgeoned you had I seen you in my room. Very romantic. At the time I fancied myself a most unfortunate bride. Marrying a stranger who wasn’t even human.” She kissed his shoulder. “How wrong was I, and how glad I am for it.” “But you aren’t wrong, wife. I’m not human.” “You know what I mean.” A faint tug on her scalp told her he’d lifted a lock of her hair. “I recall you standing in the sunlight, pale as a bleached fish bone and this hair gleaming red. I thought your head was on fire.” She chuckled. “And I was sure someone had set loose a two-legged wolf in the
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