talon picked sunshine up and carried her downstairs . i saw the blood on your face and panicked . `` how was that for a kiss good-bye ? '' he was quite the celebrity , he realized . maybe it had been a stable or a storage building when the nuns still lived at st. sophia 's . rush reached his hand across the bed and covered mine with his . a few minutes later in the reflection of the window he could see the door behind him open , and a person carrying his pack enter the room . 