sighing , she looked back over her shoulder at him with sleepy half-awake eyes . merry tipped up his chin and turned to his computer . it was not a possibility he would have considered at a less disturbed moment . you will excuse me and itchy witch for a moment . '' after all , you are taking a house in town . the following pages were much of the same . he started patting her back and she tried to suck in breaths of air . slowly he swept his up the length of mine and back down again . 