Chapter 3
Adam smiled as I rode Harvey down the river bank, and as I dismounted, he clasped his hands around my waist and helped me down. I sent my loyal steed up to graze and turned to face him. By an unspoken agreement we sat, side by side, watching the flicker of moonlight as it played across the water. That sense of oneness I'd felt the night we'd danced tingled through me as Adam tangled his fingers into my own. When the dream-dawn began to brighten the sky, Adam squeezed my hand and scrambled to his feet. I could almost feel his alarm clock going off in his room. It was time for him to go to work.
"I will see you," I said, "in the real world."
Adam hesitated, and then he kissed me. His body pressed against mine, so real, so corporeal, it felt as real as the night we'd danced, and
