the pump house , attached to the back of the house , had apparently been built for midgets . the bones are healed but the muscles are weak . unless you want to become his next meal . he was tall , dark , and good-looking , and her heart raced like a stock car every time she laid eyes on him . `` is that what he would have wanted ? '' within a single twitch of an eye , she had jumped to the center of the clearing , drawn by the shiny object . 