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creatures, quiet as mice when they wanted to be. And they were big, seven or eight feet long and loaded with claws and teeth for killing.
    The attack came from behind, and the jaws were wrapped around the back of her neck before her face hit the pavement. Faith felt her shirt ripping, the slight pressure of teeth against the skin. It was a big cat, the jaws clenched tight as they reached all the way around to the front of her throat. Faith raised her back, and the cougar moved as if it had been blown out of a rocket launcher. It flew end over end into the air, and, looking up, Faith deposited the beast inside a stranded roller- coaster car on the highest part of Goliath, a ride with a peak turn at twenty-six stories high.
    â€œMaybe next time you’ll think twice before hitting a girl from behind,” Faith said. She stood up, felt the shirt on her back.
    â€œDamn. I really liked this one.”
    It was a blue-and-gray-plaid shirt from Old Navy, the only one like it she’d found at the mall.
    Maybe Glory can sew it back together again , she thought.
    She’d arrived at the edge of Bugs Bunny World, where the kiddie rides were located. She and Dylan had grown to love this part of the park because the rides were small and harmless. They could make the rides move without much risk of being seen, because the rides were so quiet and low to the ground and because Bugs Bunny World was hidden away, deep inside the park, below the big rides that dominated the night sky.
    â€œDylan?” Faith searched with her voice. “You in there?”
    She felt nervous, never having gotten totally used to the idea that she couldn’t be harmed, not by a big cat or a piano falling on her head. She kept walking, past a boarded-up concession stand and the WONDER WOMAN Lasso of Truth, a glorified fair ride guarded by a twenty-foot-tall wooden Wonder Woman. She had a very serious look on her face.
    â€œI know exactly how you feel,” Faith said. “Weight of the world on your shoulders, right?”
    She saw movement ahead, but it didn’t worry her. Faith knew the soft, whispery sound of a ride being operated without the power of electricity.
    â€œSorry I’m late,” Faith said as she saw Dylan glide by inside a teacup, turning circles as he spun the wheel with his hands.
    â€œIt’s okay; I’ve been having a pretty good time all by myself. Good ride.”
    Dylan leaned his head back, staring up into the night sky as the cougar screeched from its roost far overhead, the sound echoing through the park.
    â€œYou didn’t,” Dylan said.
    Faith, a little embarrassed that she’d imprisoned a giant cat, turned around so Dylan could see her shirt in the dim light.
    â€œThe crazy thing attacked me. It’s not helpless. It’s a monster.”
    â€œWhatever you say,” Dylan said, half smiling, as the ride carried him away and back again. He brought the ride to stop with his thoughts and held out his hand. His gaze fell on Faith. It was a look that pushed the rest of the world into shadow, leaving only the two of them in a place that was just their own. Belonged only to them. When Dylan looked at Faith with a smile that told her she was his everything, her prickly mood melted away.
    â€œCome on,” he said. “Let’s ride this crazy thing.”
    Faith climbed into the same cup in which Dylan was sitting, the Pepe LePew’s Tea Party, and sat down, laying her head heavily on his shoulder.
    â€œYou okay?” he asked, slowly starting the ride and letting it turn the teacup in a gentle circle. They’d decided it was one of their favorites, because it was easy to make it move and it made them feel like kids again. Faith lifted her head and pushed the dark strands of thick hair away from his forehead. He kissed her, and she closed her eyes, feeling the softness of his lips and the spinning of the teacup as one unbroken sensation. She couldn’t say which was