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1、WOLFMOONNoraRobertsPrologueItalySomewhereinthePiedmontMountainsLIKEabrushtippedintwilight,thesettingsunshimmeredacrossthevalleyanddaubedsilver-edgedshadowsintotheforest.Thoselastflamingrayswouldn’tlinger,butwouldsoonslideawaytohidebehindthepeaksandleavethesk
2、yasoft,purplingblue.Simonehitchedhershoulders,shiftingtheweightofherbackpackasshewatchednightcreepacrossthewildreachesofValgrisenche.Atleastshewasprettysurethat’swhereshestood.She’dwanderedoffthepath—suchasitwas—hoursearlier.Butshedidn’tcare.She’dcomeforthea
3、dventure,forthethrill.Forthefreedom.AndifshewasalittlelostinaremoteareaoftheItalianmountains,sowhat?ShewasintheItalianmountains,andthat’swhatcounted.Inanycase,shehadhercompass,herguidebooks,andallthenecessarysupplies.Tomorrow,she’dcrossoverintoFrance—France,
4、shethoughtwithaquickhiking-bootboogie.Ifthemoodstruckanyway,ifshedidn’tdecidetolingeronthissideoftheborderanotherdayortwobeforeshecontinuedherjourney.Thisgloriousandpersonaljourney.She’dcamp,butnotyet.Thelightwasfading,butthesunsetwassospectacular,paintingre
5、dsandgoldsoverthewesternsky.She’dalwaysthoughttwilightthemostmagicaloftimes.Abreathlesshushthatshouldbesavoredbeforeitbledawaytonight.Soshe’dfollowthesunsetforawhile,fillherlungswiththesharptangofpinefromtheforest,andwatchthedyingsunsinkonto,into,behindthesn
6、ow-coveredpeaks.She’dbeenrighttocomeafterthesummerseason,righttotakethisoneyeartoindulgeineverythingshe’ddreamedaboutallofherlife.She’dtastedpastainRome,gottendrunkinSpoleto,boughtanornatesilvercrossfromavenderinVenice,andhadafoolishlyintensethree-dayloveaff
7、airinFlorence.Butmostofthetimeshestayedoffthebeatenpath,enjoyingthehikesthroughthevalleysandhills,throughthefieldsofsunflowers,thevineyards.Forafullthirdofhereighteenyearsshe’dbeentrappedinthecity,imprisonedbyfate,andthesystem.She’dbeenforcedtofollowtherules
8、andhadmarkedeachdaysincehertwelfthbirthdayasadayclosertofreedom.Nowshewashere,followingadream.Herparents’dream,sheknew.Shewaslivingitforthem.Iftheyhadlived,theywouldhavecomelongbeforethis.They,t
