she smiled , letting her eyelids flutter open again , but when she turned to look , it was not her brother-neither real nor imagined-but peter who was standing just inches away from her , lost in thought and smiling , too . he wanted to claim her completely , but he pulled back from demanding she marry him one more time . running footsteps sounded in the hall as a bright light filled the room . why did he sound so belligerent ? jake suddenly grasped her hair and roughly jerked her off of him . and it smells bad to me . 