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WOLF MOON
Nora Roberts
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Prologue
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Italy
Somewhere in the Piedmont Mountains

LIKE a brush tipped in twilight, the setting sun shimmered across the
valley and daubed silver-edged shadows into the forest. Those last
flaming rays wouldnТt linger, but would soon slide away to hide behind
the peaks and leave the sky a soft, purpling blue.

Simone hitched her shoulders, shifting the weight of her backpack as she
watched night creep across the wild reaches of Valgrisenche.

At least she was pretty sure thatТs where she stood. SheТd wandered off
the pathЧsuch as it wasЧhours earlier. But she didnТt care. SheТd come
for the adventure, for the thrill. For the freedom.

And if she was a little lost in a remote area of the Italian mountains,
so what? She was in the Italian mountains, and thatТs what counted.

In any case, she had her compass, her guidebooks, and all the necessary
supplies. Tomorrow, sheТd cross over into FranceЧFrance, she thought with
a quick hiking-boot boogie.

If the mood struck anyway, if she didnТt decide to linger on this side of
the border another day or two before she continued her journey. This
glorious and personal journey.

SheТd camp, but not yet. The light was fading, but the sunset was so
spectacular, painting reds and golds over the western sky. SheТd always
thought twilight the most magical of times. A breathless hush that should
be savored before it bled away to night.

So sheТd follow the sunset for a while, fill her lungs with the sharp
tang of pine from the forest, and watch the dying sun sink onto, into,
behind the snow-covered peaks.

SheТd been right to come after the summer season, right to take this one
year to indulge in everything sheТd dreamed about all of her life.