Chapter 63. What He Had Kept

On Sunday, Gabriel asked whether Diana would come with him to Juliet's house.

“I want to run for a while,” he said. “And there's something I want to show you afterward.”

She looked up from the Lisbon article proofs. Iris had sent the final version, and Diana had been trying to decide whether the comma she disliked was worth another email.

“Should I bring boots?”

“Yes.”

“Then you've already improved my plans.”

He leaned over her chair to see the page.

“That comma has offended you before.”

“It hasn't apologized.”

He kissed her temple. Diana saved the document and closed it.

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Juliet had company for lunch, so Diana took her notebook into the garden while Gabriel changed behind the outbuilding.

She heard him before she saw him. The black wolf came around the corner, paused beside the bench, and touched his nose briefly to her hand.

“Go,” she said. “I'll be here.”

She let the conn