entirely. If she didn't know better, she would have thought she could reach out and touch him. This was a dream. It had to be a dream. Her fear had subsided enough for her curiosity to overwhelm everything else. He was obviously in distress, no longer concerned with scaring her away, but upset that his tricks hadn’t worked and she wasn't going anywhere.

“Why can’t you leave?”

He turned slowly, his hands clasped behind his back. “Why can’t you?”

She rolled her eyes and stepped closer. “What are you?”

“What do you think I am?” He tilted his head.

With a frown, Jo pushed on. “Are you going to hurt me?”

The man rolled his eyes and huffed, “What makes you think I woul...

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