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more wow! result.  With his chiseled cheekbones, blue-black hair, and golden skin, she
imagined there was some Native American DNA in his background.  Probably
Lakota, given they were in the Black Hills.  She wondered if he knew about his
ancestors or if their heritage had faded along with everything else in the
future.
    “We
need to talk, Adeline Mulhaney.”  He told her in an ominous tone.  Cade was one
of those guys who looked hot when he was pissed.  Which was lucky, since it
seemed to be his only mood.
    Addy
decided to brazen it out.  “Talk about what?”  It was the same voice she used
when she was trying to return a slightly used lipstick to the Channel counter. 
As if she was completely in the right and the reluctant sales clerk was being totally unreasonable.
    Cade
regarded her silently, taking in her wary expression and the way she was
huddled under the blanket.  “No one is coming for you, are they?”
    The
flat words struck her like bullets.  Tears burned her eyes and Addy shook her
head.  “No.”  She whispered, her defensives crumbling.  “No one’s coming for me.”
    Cade
glowered ferociously at that news.  “I knew you were going to say
that.”  He muttered.  It was so unfair that a man would have lashes that
long.  Not as unfair as Addy being stuck in The Road , but close.  For
some reason, his eyes flicked to the area just above her head and he gave a
strange sigh.  “You are going to cause me no end of trouble, lady.”
    His
grouchiness made her feel suddenly hopeful.  This guy was going to tell her exactly what he thought, no matter how grim.  She didn’t have to worry about him lying
to her, even if it was just to make her feel better.  It was actually a
relief.  Social niceties were not going to get her out of this mess.
    Addy
sometimes got feelings about the world, telling her when something
important was about to happen.  Right now, she was getting a very strong feeling
about Cade Westin.  “Will you help me?”  She asked simply.  “I want to go
home.”
    “Yes.” 
He agreed a little too fast.  “You must go back to where you came
from.”
    He
was right.  The sooner she got to Yellowstone, the sooner she’d return to the
twenty-first century.  The problem was finding the geyser in this weather. 
Addy lived in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, so she was used to wintertime being a
light dusting of snow.  The blizzard outside just seemed so daunting …
    “In
the morning.”  She negotiated.  “I’ll leave in the morning.”
    “In
the morning.”  Cade nodded like it was all settled.  “Fine.  Good.  I’m not
responsible for you and your many confusing problems, so you should just… leave.” 
He hesitated, his eyes moving over her face.  “Uh… Where will you go?”
    “I’m
going to walk along I-90 and US-14 straight into Wyoming.”  If I-90 and US-14
were still there, anyhow.  According to PBS, Roman roads had lasted for a
couple thousand years, but she had a lot less faith in modern construction.  Hopefully,
there would still be some trace of the interstates left.  “Do you know
where any --like-- street signs might be?”
    “You
plan to walk out?”  Cade sounded incredulous.  “In those snowdrifts?”
    Addy
hesitated.  See?  The frigid weather did seem troubling.  He clearly
thought so, too.  “Well, maybe I can find a horse.  Do you guys still have
horses or is it all just those creepy lizards?  I’m not riding a lizard.”
    “You
want to ride a sanbor?!”
    “No,
I want to ride a thoroughbred.  
I went through an ‘equestrian phase’ in high school and took lessons on a
beautiful Arabian named Madonna.  Who names a horse Madonna, right?”  Addy
rambled when she was nervous, something her father hated.  “But anyway, I had
made up my mind to be an Olympian and horseback riding seemed like the least
exercise-y ways to do it.  Well, that and archery.  I also took archery.”
    Cade
stared at her, with an