Derek opened his mouth to answer and then stopped. "Helpless, I suppose," he said finally "Frightened."
He looked back at the water for a moment before meeting her gaze again. He understood what she was getting at and he was starting feel badly about the entire mess. "That's how I felt in that cave," he added. "Watching you and not able to do anything." She slipped into his arms, putting her own around him "I know and I did take a position that would still let me help but not put me in the middle of things, but this thing took you and I was the only one that could stop it before it killed you.... like it did me in Ireland. And it's gone now. I would have told you about the protection if I could have, without tipping the Being off." ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
