even if she was only his wife temporarily , she wanted to live for today . i hope it was nothing worse than a wicked plot to steal one of my blankets . ' `` i was trying to cross-reference the migration data with the warming patterns . because this is what we do . i flipped the card her way so she could see it . this could be some kind of trap . '' came back down the front wall to the doorway , mouth shut , breathing hard through his nose , controlling the heaving in his chest . 