"No! No! Ed, I'm done! Please!" she gasped when she suddenly noticed the big man prowling back to her side of the bed. She gestured towards the end of the bed and his eyes followed.

The light was dim in the room but there was someone standing at the end of the bed. It was a small woman but she was darker than the shadows that filled the room. His fuzzy mind struggled to put a name to the shape. Aisha? The shadowy woman held out her hand and Ed reached for her. He let her pull him from the bed. He noticed the bedspread was on the floor. She...